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Mike asked:
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No matter what any person believes, the image of some sort of God will come into their mind. Even if
they do not believe in that image, they will still hold an image of GOD in their minds, so that they can
reject it. Therefore; GOD has to exist in the mind of the most ardent non-believer.
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Since a belief is only a concept or a perception and a non-belief is the opposite of another person
perception, both concepts can have no true proof of meaning in the existence or non-existence of
God.
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A Belief needs some doubt of the truth, for if there is truth, there is no need of belief. Therefore: A
belief in God can never possess sufficient validity or proof.
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But, a thought of God exists in everybody's Mind. And a thought is beyond any belief or non-belief.
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The image of GOD that the non-believer wants to dismiss, still stays in his/ her mind and therefore
must exist in that persons life. For something not to exist, it cannot be experienced in a thought.
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This is proof beyond any Doubt... That GOD exists in every person's mind.
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No matter what any person believes, the image of some sort of unicorn will come to their mind. Even
if they do not believe in unicorns, they will still hold an image of a unicorn in their minds, so that they
can reject it. Therefore, unicorns have to exist in the mind of the most ardent non-believer.
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But a thought of unicorns exists in everybody's mind. And a thought is beyond any belief or
non-belief.
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The image of a unicorn that the non-believer wants to dismiss, still stays in his/her mind and therefore
must exist in that person's life. For something not to exist, it cannot be experienced in a thought.
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This is proof beyond any Doubt... That UNICORNS exist in every person's mind!
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— Perhaps you can see the problem, now?
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Steven Ravett Brown
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Mike stated:
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"No matter what any person believes, the image of some sort of God will come into their mind."
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From this assumption, Mike proceeded to argue:
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"That God exists in everyone's mind."
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You can see he hasn't really made any progress. In order to demonstrate something, he first
assumes it!
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Unfortunately, although we may agree that the assumption is LIKELY to be right, it has a form that
makes it very hard to prove. To prove that every member of some class has a particular property, it is
necessary to either:
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(a) examine every member exhaustively, without exception; or
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(b) demonstrate that that property is a necessary consequence of membership in the class.
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Of course, it is easy to disprove the assertion, if we can find just one counter-example. I give you the
mentally handicapped man who lives in our street. He is a "person" and doubtless has beliefs. But he
has no words. I will not assert that he has no image of God. Rather, I will ask you how he might
acquire one? And if he did, how would you demonstrate that?
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Yahya Abdal-Aziz
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