Saying that proving that God exists requires an evidence that 100% or most of the people accept, that is nonsense! Here you count on a logical fallacy "appeal to majority" to prove a fact! A fact is a fact regardless who believes in it! You sound very logic when you say that darwinism can be right even if Darwin said he was wrong, but you sound anything but logic when you count on the number of those who follow an evidence to accept it. Again and again, you can't be 100% sure of something that you just bet I can't prove and you don't even know what I would say!
I will concentrate on the meaning of evidence
Your kid didn't deny your ability of bringing the book to show him on a video tape or in reality that you can bring the book and put it on the desk! The issue is that he didn't see you on Sunday putting the book and thus he postulated two assumptions that explains the "origin of the book"! It is meaningless to put the book on Monday! He simply replies that he saw you on Monday and thus he believes it, then he rejects your story of Sunday event as he didn't see you! Your story is not liable to verification or falsification! He is trying to be scientific and till now you can't answer him!
Ok … it's likely that you put the book! But it is of the same likelihood that another person came in and put it! It is likely that Napoleon won and it is of the same likelihood that he didn't win! Why do you give preference to certain possibility on another
Independent creation of species by God is possible. Yes, I agree that it's impossible that a god created himself! We don't believe in a "created god" Mr. Charlie! I believe in God who created all the beings and He isn't created, God can create species independently .. is that possible?! Ok let's postpone this question for a while till we agree on the nature of evidence that you will use to persuade the little kid
That example that we discuss is my clue to show you the importance of (traditionary evidence) in your everyday life! How do you know that Mohammed Peace be upon him existed?! How do you know that Napoleon won!? How do you know that there is a country named India that you never went to!? Why do you ask your kid to believe you?! What are the standards you tell him in believing someone?! You tell him that you are the one who put the book and another one says "no! it's me who put the book", what standards you teach him to use in such situations?! Have you ever thought of these ideas and the standards you use in your everyday life
I tell you that God created species independently as He told us. But you believe only in what is falsifiable, experimental and observational. You didn't see the event and the revelation is not observational nor experimental. You are not denying His ability ,assuming his presence, but you want a scientific evidence.
To sum up in one question hoping that you got the idea:
The kid tells you he believes only in what is falsifiable, experimental and observational. He didn't see you putting the book and saying you did is not observational nor experimental. He is not denying your ability to put the book but he wants a scientific evidence.
I think it is time to teach the kid that not all evidences are experimental and we should believe honest men when they tell us about what they did or saw. Otherwise we won't be able to have a sane life in that world! What do you think Mr. Charlie
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