21stJuly

God CANNOT Exist

During episode 156 of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast, which is the most recent episode as of this writing, the discussion turns to the question of what it would take to convince the SGU’s hosts to believe in an alternative to evolution and the existence of God. The agreed conclusion was essentially that, to quote the late Carl Sagan as the hosts themselves did, “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

I have a problem with this conclusion on the matter of belief in God for the simple reason that an internally incoherent concept, like God, cannot possibly exist, just as a married bachelor cannot possibly exist. God, by definition, cannot exist.

So I just wanted to point this out, again, because prominent atheists don’t seem to realize the difference between a possible and an impossible concept. Maybe if they read this blog… :)

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