[betty boop]

If I am trying to get you to believe in unicorns, it makes no sense for me to demand that you must prove they don't exist or you must believe.

I have never asked you to believe in unicorns. And as to what you believe, all I can say is this:

It's not my job to "tell you" what to think or believe regarding present matters, or any other matter. My job is to show you where to look if you want to go find out for yourself.

Moreover, "proof" is a term relevant to mathematics and logic only. But we are speaking of neither here.

[A_perfect_lady]

So what you are telling me is that if I look at things the same way you do, I'll come to the same conclusions you have. Well, sure. So? I don't look at things the same way you do, searching for answers and making up ones that seem plausible given the conclusions I hope to maintain. You start at the end and work backward. You start with the goal that everything must support what you hope is true: a benign God who will one day reward you. Then you develop answers to life's questions that won't clash with your already-established conclusion.

Hey, go ahead and do that, you and Heraclitus, and C.S. Lewis. I'm not going to. I think it's a waste of time and energy.