Falsifying God? (Agnosticism)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 22:17 (3403 days ago) @ dhw

DHW: Once more you emphasize the accuracy of the prophecies and refuse to answer the point which made me open this thread and which is fundamental to our very different approaches to the question of God's existence. Ironically, I am actually fighting FOR God(s) in this discussion, because your approach necessitates acceptance of the infallibility of authors I do not trust. I will try to respond to the rest of your comments on the prophecies, but before I do, I'd be grateful if, in the light of the passage you have quoted from Deuteronomy, you would now accept that a failed prophecy would not falsify the concept of God, but would falsify the concept of the bible as the word of God.-If a book of the Bible failed in a prophecy, it would certainly falsify the bible as the word of god, and in fact books that had at one time been accepted, such as the apocrypha, were rejected for the simple reason that they contained errors, and for the fact that they used the same literary devices that you continue to accuse the bible authors of using, along with other criteria such as internal consistency. -A failed prophecy, particularly one of the primary prophecies that stretch across the entire length of the bible (i.e. written multiple times in different manners by different authors with different details) then yes, it would falsify the Judeo Christian God, because that is the standard which is set to falsify him. If his word is not truth, neither is he.-Would that falsify ALL gods? No, of course not. But each God, in turn, could be measured by the same standards of indirect observations. If their predictions fail, they are not Gods. -
As I have said in the past, and I still believe today, you (DHW) would likely not believe in god unless you were able to sit down with him for tea. I have asked you before, and not received concrete response, what would it take to prove God to you?

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.