Re: Evidence of God

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Al Evan) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> Klein,
>    You are quibbling about the meaning of words:  Do athiests
> "disbelieve" in God, or do they merely suffer from a '..lack of
> belief..' in Him?  This, to me, is 'much ado about nothing.'
>    Does the jury who finds a defendant guilty 'disblieve' his defense
> or do they 'lack belief' in his defense?  What's the difference? 
> Either way the jury logically finds the defendant guilty, and he is
> punished by the law.
>    I get the impression, from your statements, that you seem to think
> that you escape the need to argue that God does not exist (i.e., to
> prove that statement logically) because somehow you seem to think you
> are not making a positive statement of disbelief.
>    You're wrong! 'Lack of belief' and 'disbelief' are the same thing.

Let's try a different example.

Suppose God didn't command you to write what you just wrote. This
would mean that when you wrote it, you were not obeying God. Correct?

Does that mean you were disobeying God?

Are "not obeying" and "disobeying" the same thing?

--Billy