From: Attila 

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:05:05 -0400, stumper 
in alt.abortion with message-id
 wrote:

>Attila < wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:54:46 -0400, stumper  in
>> alt.abortion with message-id
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Attila < wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:31:19 -0400, stumper
 in
>>>> alt.abortion with message-id
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What if someone feels a lot better
>>>>> every time she prays to God for a while?
>>>> That does absolutely nothing to validate any god.  The
same result can
>>>> be obtained by contemplating a rock.
>>>>
>>> You are only thinking in terms of natural science.
>>> Not all Christians are fundamentalists.
>>
>> Irrelevant.
>>
>>> What does it mean to prove God's existence
>>> in term of social science like sociology and linguistics?
>>
>> Nothing.
>>
>>> There, it would be absurd even to ask for such a proof.
>>
>> Those are behavioral explanations and not the real world.
>>
>>> Do you know how to prove whether 'power' exists
>>> in terms of sociology?
>>
>> Irrelevant.
>>
>>> Do you know how to prove whether 'word' exists
>>> in terms of linguistics?
>>
>> Irrelevant.
>>
>> Neither directly affects the real world as people insist a god does.
>> Or do you contend a god exists only as a concept and not in reality?
>>
>
>You mean you are not affected by any secular power
>which might not eve exist due to lack of proof?

Lack of proof does not mean non-existence.  There is no current proof green
bats live on the fourth planet of Jabbah but that doesn't mean they either
are or are not there.


>
>Do you pay taxes?

Of course.

>
>Now, what does it mean to say that
>power exists in sociology?

No, it means power in the form of law enforcement officers exists in our
judicial system.

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