ORIGINAL: Windwalker7
I wonder if the Mountain Lion skeptics believe in God?
My sister is an Atheist. Explain to me how I can prove to her there is a God.
By the way, she lives in northern PA and believes there are ML's there. She says with all the sightings and reports of tracks that gives you something to go on. She keeps asking me for some evidence of a God.
What do think I should tell her?
I believe in God by faith. I don't believe it's even possible to prove He exists but, again,I accept His existence by faith. I also accept that others don't share my faith and there will be nothing I can say to convince them otherwise. I consider the ml question, however, from a logical perspective looking at the evidence and don't consider it a matter of faith at all. In fact I think it's silly to even draw the comparison you have. It's not a religious question. The existence ofml's, unlike God, can be proved.So, based on the evidence, or should I say lack there of,I am of course highly skeptical. If you are trying to say that you and othersby faith believe in their existencehere in NY then there is no point debating this further. If you just believe and don't need any evidence to support that belief then by definition you will not be swayed by a logical argument so what's the point? You've made it a pseudo religion and have replaced logic and evidence with faith.
Now regarding what to tell your sister, let me suggest bringing it up in the religion forum.