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In reply to the discussion: Earth 2.0: Bad News for God [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)15. Primarily agnostic now?
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Not asking you to defend what you say at all. But just consider the following variation.
trotsky
Jul 2015
#10
not too difficult to imagine a planet or solar system having its own spiritual plane
AlbertCat
Jul 2015
#28
Is there even a single piece of empirical evidence for the existence of any life outside of Earth?
Leontius
Jul 2015
#39
Not yet, but the Scientific Method is being used to try and find that out if that is true...
cleanhippie
Jul 2015
#42
No problem. Absolutely no confirmed empirical evidence for the existence for God that meets
Leontius
Jul 2015
#58
You could really just put a period after the word "God" right there, couldn't you? n/t
trotsky
Jul 2015
#60
I'll be frank and say that it is speculation, but speculation that is based on one fact...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#50
Schweitzer employs the same "Biblical literalist" thinking that he might deride in others.
guillaumeb
Jul 2015
#29
It is obvious Schweitzer is referring to a particular subset of believers.
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2015
#41
Of course, it is entirely plausible that there are other inhabitable planets in our universe
struggle4progress
Jul 2015
#37
Even a literal reading of the Bible doesn't necessarily preclude life existing elsewhere...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#49