Steve (as 41oo) wrote:edgarblythe Wrote:
Quote:Agnostics are afraid to go against the believers, because of the dillema of proving the negative. Atheists in general know better than to fall for it.
Its not actually for the agnostics to prove the negative, its for the believers to come up with some evidence or substance to support the positive propostion "God exists". This of course they continually fail to do.
But the atheists have a problem too. If they say "God does not exist" if its meant as a propostion they do indeed set themselves the task of proving a negative. And if its a flat statement, it could only be made by an omniscient being, i.e something we could assume IS God.
Agnostics also state a negative that cannot be proven when they state, ' It cannot be known if there is a God.' or ' God, if He exists, cannot be known.'
