You have not been able to establish a single fact....
And neither have YOU, assmunch!
Where the hell do you get the idea that we can "establish fact" when it comes to THIS question?
Did you get dropped on your head when you were a baby or something?
Your only argument is we can't 100% prove god doesn't exist. But we're getting closer. And what we do see is there is no good evidence there is a god. The religions are lying, you're guessing/hoping. We understand. Can't teach an old dog new tricks and some people are too far gone to turn it around. But people are evolving and that goes for their brains. Oh yea, I thought of you when I saw the preview for that woman who taps into 60% of her brain and she can control people and kill you with just a look. Morgan Freeman says "he's not sure the world is ready for that." We are still a pretty primitive species and I believe religion is proof of that. That and war, greed, evil, not caring about your kids.
Oh hey, that reminds me. So if god is that spiritual thing you feel, what is it when you feel rage, jealousy, lust, sad, confused, lost, like committing suicide? What are those "feelings"? Are they SATAN? Come on boss, wake the **** up. Between this and your politics I'm beginning to think you are a major douce.
1. [MENTION=11281]sealybobo[/MENTION] where people like [MENTION=36773]Boss[/MENTION] cannot understand
how can people be so "ardently opposed to something they claim they don't believe in"
this also spreads the perception of atheists as being negative instead of just being nontheist and trying to defend against unfair judgment by theists pushing their belief systems.
people on BOTH sides think the other sides are being jerks and pushy with their judgments
Neither can I dictate what process either should take to stop this judgment back and forth.
All I know is
a. people think differently, and cannot always change their perceptions to fit someone else's way. sometimes they can, but this is not something to judge each other for
b. people on BOTH sides have been insulted and injured by others, and may hold on to judgment and project on each other because of PAST bad experiences where they blame the other person for imposing judgment unfairly. this is just human, but it hurts the relationship and the other person to blame for past problems that are on both sides.
I can try to help both of you NOT feel judged so you don't project such judgment and blame the other person, who has just as much bad experience being blamed for the problem.
I can offer my support and sympathy as someone who has been blamed for BOTH, both fundamental theists "jump on me" for being too open and inclusive with "universal salvation" to include nontheists, so they accuse me of misleading and deceiving people and diluting the message to "be popular or for convenience"; and the anti-theists anti-religion folks jump on me for what they think is "endorsing or enabling religious abuse and abusers" when actually I am trying to fix the problems with how religions are mistaught to be exclusive of secular nontheists.
so I am used to getting it from all sides, and trying NOT to blame people for not understanding me or each other when judgment gets projected like this. I can try to help you NOT blame people and try to address the actual issues and how to handle these differences; but I DO NOT agree with blaming people for their views they can't help. Blame does not help solve the problems.
I totally believe reconciliation means preserving and respecting our existing views, accepting the fact that theists see the world with a personified God and that nontheists see the world and laws as impersonal and NOT personified. After accepting that, it is natural to be able to work together, just like men and women who think and process differently find ways to work together in harmony. And people who are artists and people who are scientists have separate depts in the same school and work together as a community.
We cannot change which people think like artists and which like scientists, and try to judge or force people to conform; we can accept and embrace our differnt ways and find out how to make the most of what we can contribute from our different angles on the world.
Not judge, blame or project problems on one person we think represents what is wrong with entire groups. We can just work one on one and solve individual conflicts with each other, not try to take on all the messes and hold each other responsible for all that at once.
2. as for proving/disproving God
No it is already established God can neither be proven or disproven because man is finite and God represents something infinite
the most we can do is prove when we agree or disagree, prove when we can reconcile and when we cannot; and I believe we can prove there are patterns and process to reconciliation
there are more people learning how to resolve conflicts by respecting differences and including that diversity in decision making
more programs in conflict resolution and restorative justice are out there, based on managing diversity and working with conflicting views. it's just a matter of time before more people catch on and learn how to deal with these conflicts. it's not about changing or forcing people, but learning that isn't necessary to get what we want; we can succeed better by working with each other, including our differences, not against each other.
so this process will prove itself in the end.
the individual views of "God Jesus this religion or that one" will not necessarily change
people will remain in their affiliations that are natural to them
what will change is our perception of ability to work together despite these differences
instead of trying to change each other's views, it is more about changing how we
deal with those differences and find ways to work together that don't depend on changing other people or their views