Proof of God's non-existence?

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BBC News reports that an Ukrainian man got eaten by lions, claiming that "God would save him, if he exists".

Of course, we can't be sure if the eating was because God's non-existence or God existing and just not caring. But, nonetheless, worthy of high-lighting, I thought.
 
gruk said:
BBC News reports that an Ukrainian man got eaten by lions, claiming that "God would save him, if he exists".

Of course, we can't be sure if the eating was because God's non-existence or God existing and just not caring. But, nonetheless, worthy of high-lighting, I thought.
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Third option: It was "God's will".
 
Sorry, proves nothing. Doesn't it say somewhere in the New Testament that thou shalt not test the Lord? Therefore, any attempt to experimentally verify the existence of god will fail, not because god doesn't exist, but because he doesn't like it when people try to outsmart him. Clever tactic, that.
 
I don't accept the results, yet. This was only one trial. We need a lot of independant replication.
 
Consider the matter settled. Too bad he'll never know, being dead and all.
 
Maybe the lions preyed harder.
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Maybe the Lion was a metaphor from God.What if it was an atheist Lion?
 
Azrael 5 said:
Maybe the Lion was a metaphor from God.What if it was an atheist Lion?
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Reminds me of the joke about the preacher who was being pursued by a bear and as he ran, he prayed to God, "Oh Lord, please let this bear be a Christian!" Just then there was a brilliant flash of light and the preacher looked back to see the bear on his knees praying, "Oh Lord, for what we are about to receive, make us truly thankful."
 
JamesDillon said:
Sorry, proves nothing. Doesn't it say somewhere in the New Testament that thou shalt not test the Lord? Therefore, any attempt to experimentally verify the existence of god will fail, not because god doesn't exist, but because he doesn't like it when people try to outsmart him. Clever tactic, that.
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It figures. The workload finally subsided from 300% of normal, I find a juicy tidbit with the matching disclaimer, and it's old news here already.

Yes, specifically, it's Matthew 4:7 which states "Thou shalt not test the Lord thy God". So any attempt at proving a faith will be guaranteed to fail; not because it's a crock, but because it's the divine will of the supreme being. But they'll probably claim credit when the world continue to exists tomorrow, following their 24 hour prayer-fest today. Do a google search for "Dutch Evangelicals calls for pray-in against the Devil" for that story.
 
God didn't do too good of a job protecting Christians from lions in Roman times either.
 
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On a slight off topic did anyone read about the Pope asking God why "He" let the holocaust happen whilst visiting Auschwitz?
Forget 9/11,the Tsunami,numerous wars and Tom Cruise marrying Katie Holmes..why the Holocaust?! Nice to see the Pope getting skeptical. ;)
 
It's kind of sad in addition to being idiotic....the guy was obviously mentally ill and/or suicidal.
Oh well, he got his Warhol minutes.
 
Nice to see the lions haven't lost their predatorial instincts even in captivity.
 
As I said to the village idiots on the World of Warcrack Off-Topic boards (where 80% of the threads used to be spastic hysterical "me too" christianity bash-fests); The first, best proof of God's non-existence would be that a real God would give us a better test of our faith than 13 year old kids who bash religion over the net because all the cool kids are doing it.
 
Azrael 5 said:
On a slight off topic did anyone read about the Pope asking God why "He" let the holocaust happen whilst visiting Auschwitz?
Forget 9/11,the Tsunami,numerous wars and Tom Cruise marrying Katie Holmes..why the Holocaust?! Nice to see the Pope getting skeptical. ;)
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I believe that is called passing the buck. Instead of the devil, "God made me do it."
 
Making oneself an entree neither proves nor disproves the existence of God - the fact is we are considered tasty to a number of other creatures that share this planet with us. Although no valid religious argument has been made by this poor guys actions (well, his coming back as lion excrement may be an argument for Hinduism), Darwinism has enjoyed vote in it's favor :drool:
 
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