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Permalink Reply by Johannes S. on June 22, 2010 at 2:58pm

A disproof is not necessary. The only proof that is necessary is one of a positive claim. Science operates under a null hypothesis - if a hypothesis can't be proven (hasn't been proven), or lacks evidence, that hypothesis is regarded as invalid.

In other words, the burden of proof is on them.

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Permalink Reply by Ally on June 24, 2010 at 12:44pm

Now THAT should be on a bumper sticker!

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Permalink Reply by Glenn Sogge on July 3, 2010 at 2:18pm

Will a t-shirt do? (Bill_S doesn't even tout his own stuff but NoSacredCow at zazzle.com is his.): I Have Faith In The Null Hypothesis

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Permalink Reply by Dionysus on June 22, 2010 at 4:36pm

It's already been disproved; ask a Jew. Even if you drop the Old Testament, the New Testamen is filled with contradictions. You can't have mutually exclusive concepts and have a cohesive religion. It's like having a married bachelor, impossible. Why do so many still follow or think they follow Christianity then? Simply because they don't know enough about it, never cracked open a bible or would rather cling to other aspects of their religion, i.e. a sense of community, fuzzy-feel-good feelings, Christian music, dreaming about immortality, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Janet K on June 22, 2010 at 7:46pm

Well I'm from Memphis but I'm attending Tel Aviv U for a year and a friend of mine here said she heard that there was a discovery made by an American anthropologist that was being reviewed by atheist Intellectuals in America. The way she described it was that the discovery had enormous implications for Judeo-Christianity, in the negative sense, and they were keeping it secret until they could verify the discovery. Im talking about the kind of proof that goes beyond contradictions in the Bible because there are logical ways around most of the standard atheist arguments. It got me to wondering if such a discovery was even possible so i questioned her.

Has anyone else heard anything about this?

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Permalink Reply by Tom Thompson on June 23, 2010 at 1:20am

Christianity was disproved ages ago. The simple fact is that believers will not accept evidence, no matter how clear-cut it may be. You're wasting your time if you are hoping for a definitive disproof. I suggest, instead, practicing how to explain to religious people that religion isn't necessary to live a good and moral life. This is more likely to have an effect in my experience.

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Permalink Reply by Adia Lynette on June 23, 2010 at 1:08pm

I totally agree with Tom. You simply can't use logic to cancel out faith. It doesn't work that way.

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Permalink Reply by Janet K on June 23, 2010 at 1:27am

I've never heard convincing evidence of proof I agree but I've never heard anything that could disprove the narrative either. I recognize that burden of proof is on them... what I'm asking is if there is anyone working on new evidence against Christianity? Has anyone heard of any ground breaking arguments against the faith in a while maybe is what I'm trying to ask?

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Permalink Reply by Jaume on June 23, 2010 at 4:29am

There's archeological that the Israelites' religion was polytheistic c. 800 BCE, if that's the kind of 'proof' you're looking for. But then it would disprove Judaism as well as Christianity.

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Permalink Reply by Ally on June 24, 2010 at 12:45pm

and Islam ... since all 3 are of the same "root" as Bill S. puts it?
No?

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Scott on June 23, 2010 at 1:33am

yeah as others have said, its not really a matter of disproving them, but getting them to accept the evidence.

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Permalink Reply by Adam on June 23, 2010 at 7:11am

I think it's possible. Have a look at this article for an example:

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christian_Credibility.htm

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