Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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They are not making the claim. The are denying the claim that there is some sentient creator. Those making the claim that there is are the ones who are responsible for proof.
Proving a negative is basically the definition of illogical. If it's impossible, then requiring it is illogical.
They are not demanding the negative be accepted out of some unproveable belief. They are demanding that people use logical reasoning when forming conclusions.
No, they did not. They demanded everyone accept their belief that "creator deity" be "obviously fictional" while providing nothing but their declaration as proof of that claim.
The original claim is "there is a creator deity". There's no proof of this, so the claim can be dismissed and anyone espousing this claim should be ridiculed.
This isn't a belief the same way religion is. It's an observation of reality without assumptions. Every religion is man-made. They are obviously fictional in too numerous of ways to list, and none of them would be good enough for you because they would not be proof. Once again YOU CANNOT PROVE A NEGATIVE.