Reply #90: If you ascribe interconnectedness to your god... [View All]

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...then you're no long talking about god #10. Now you've put some hair on your god, so to speak. You have a god that has what should be a testable property. The nature of this interconnectedness should be definable, the consequences of that interconnectedness should be discernible and distinct from conditions that would exist without this god.

Further, if belief in this god has some importance, then atheists should be demonstrably lacking in some way, perhaps lacking in the "interconnectedness" associated with this god. For such a lack to have any significance in relation to the existence of this god, the lack must be discernible from simple psychological phenomena like feelings of fellowship that come from associating with people of like beliefs. A group of people who, for example, share good times together at their The Moon is Made of Green Cheese Club might be happier than a loner who does not belong to their club, but their happiness doesn't at all increase the likeliness that the moon is actually made of green cheese.