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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
There is no way for us to know one way or another at this point. It's foolish for atheists to ridicule deists, or for deists to ridicule atheists. 100 years ago discussion of the existence of the Higgs Boson would have been termed silly and nonsensical by the best minds. In 100 years from now, who knows what we will find? In the end the joke may end up being on the atheists.... (or the deists for that matter), but at this point I would submit that we still don't know for sure one way or another, so everyone should stop acting so high and mighty about their own opinions.
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While this may be true in some cases, in a lot of cases it is completely wrong.
For example, if one makes claims that do not logically hang together, or claims that contradict each other, then I am on firm ground when I say, the god that you specify cannot exist.