>The discussion is now going downhill. They are not even close to the same. Putting the Tooth Fairy and God in the same category is a useful rhetorical tool for atheists and only a substitute for argument and evidence. One is physical and one is non-physical.
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>I'm sorry to tell you, the conversation was going downhill the minute you backtracked on the "can't prove a negative" argument. <s>
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>But no worries, I know that religion is such a cultural factor for many - and perhaps Jos is right that it does condition many peple.
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>But yes, they have one major component in common - no physical evidence on either of them.

Not fair! :o) You caught me with the "can't prove a negative." :o) Just balancing the conversation out a little (or trying to). You know I do that! :o) I thought you'd take the discussion into the "non-physical and physical" direction (given the many different views on a supreme being and then there's the Jesus discussion, etc...)