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In response to "The difference between God and aliens is that God believers insist that God is intimately concerned with humankind; therefore we would expect to see " by mara

I think the main difference is that the existence of aliens is falsifiable, whereas the existence of God is not.

Posted by nubby Jul 9 '12, 08:41

But part of the (or, my) dogma is that there can never possibly be evidence for God's existence.

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how is it falsifiable? You can't search the whole universe. -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 08:42 12
- ....yet. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 08:52
- We can't now, but theoretically it's possible to do so. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 08:43
- plus lots of people have brought forth what they call evidence of God/miracles/etc. -- nm - zork Jul 9, 08:43 2
  - We can't hold nubby to other people's interpretations of faith, only his own. - ty97 Jul 9, 08:45 1
    - but it'd be fun. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 08:46
- If aliens exist, there is evidence to be found. - nubby Jul 9, 08:43 6
  - So your falsifiable statement should be "Aliens do not exist." -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 08:47
  - how does one prove the proof that God exists? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 08:44 3
    - I *just* said that it can't be done. -- nm - nubby Jul 9, 08:47
    - He never said you could. - spamlet Jul 9, 08:46 1
      - :) -- nm - oblique Jul 9, 08:49
  - maybe someday, but it's not like we know what's currently going on in the far reaches of the universe. -- nm - Andie Jul 9, 08:44
you have no faith in aliens -- nm - CQ Jul 9, 08:42

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