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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'll make this easier on you. The well-documented history of how humans invented Santa provides the falsification you keep bleating about. [/quote]

No, it doesn't. "no empirical test can establish that it is false".  What empirical test can prove there is no Santa?

I agree it is ridiculous to believe he is real, by the way, because there is no evidence he is.  But the claim was he is provably false.  That has not been shown, here or anywhere, by any empirical test.

[quote]You can't see it because you've gone down a narrow semantic road that apparently rules out seeing anything in the way of documented historical proof. [/quote]

This "narrow semantic road ", as you call it, is exactly how [b]you [/b]come to believe [b]everything else you believe except for your god[/b].
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Your argument is ridiculous. Have a nice day.[/quote]

Pp's argument is not ridiculous, but that doesn't mean you have to accept it.   Lots of intelligent people believe in God and continue to believe, even when presented with evidence.  Religious belief is based on faith, not empirical evidence, as is well established, even in religions in whose leaders and adherents are [b]highly educated[/b].[/quote]

After being indoctrinated. [/quote]

Plenty of concerts to all the major religions. So we can ignore your lazy ad hominem.[/quote]

From other major religions. Once you believe in one "god" it's easy to believe in another. 
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DP, but there are atheists, including people raised atheists, who convert to religious belief. I wouldn't expect that to convince you one way or another, anymore than I'd expect a Christian to be convinced by Christians becoming atheists, but the idea the only people who believe are the indoctrinated is wrong.[b] There are people who believe in God based on rational argument[/b], people who believe based on personal religious experiences, etc. The world's a big place with lots of different kinds of people in it.[/quote]

Maybe so, but I would say that their arguments are not very rational.  Any clergy person will tell you that religion is based on faith, not reason.[/quote]

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