re: #372 marjoriemoon

Really? How can you prove that I have no faith in my husband’s monogamy?

Well, I meant is it would be possible to prove that your husband had cheated, if he were to do so, whereas it would be impossible under any circumstances to disprove the existence of God in the same way. You can’t disprove that someone has faith (not yet anyway) but you can establish the truth or falsehood of the belief that serves as the object of faith.

In other words, you can’t disprove that somebody does or does not believe that Santa lives at the north pole, but you can go to the north pole and show that he is not in fact present there.