School Shootings - More Evidence of a Non-Existent Deity?

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122. Well usually leprechauns are tiny humanoid magic creatures dressed in green

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If someone wants to redefine them as something else, fine we can talk about alternative definitions, but I know the little magical creatures don't exist.

I am not trying to pin you to what fundamentalists do. They claim complete certainty for themselves and then demand you share their certainty about your own beliefs. That's not what I am talking about.

I think you can prove there are no gods. They say "Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence." But actually, in some cases it is. There is no evidence that Tyrannosaurus Rex still exists. The fact that we've explored almost every inch of the earth and we could not have missed a creature that size for all of human history is generally taken as proof that they are all gone. You don't have to claim absolute certainty, but the lack of evidence in places where there ought to be evidence does lead to a particular conclusion. That's proof enough for me, but I realize others might have a different view.

I don't believe in most of the gods that have been proposed, but I think there could be something like the Hindu Brahman or a universal spirit. The only tests I am aware of for this god is that people enter mystical states and claim to experience it. Likely it is just some unusual brain state, but it could also be something more. I've had mystical experiences and they do feel like more than just a regular feeling and they are difficult to explain. If the experience is proof of anything, it is only proof for the person who experiences it, and so not scientific or something to force on others.