[quote=So Boerd]Do you believe in anthropogenic global warming?[/quote] Considering there is plenty of evidence for it, yes. Do I think it will end the world? No. Will it end us? Probably not. We're dimwitted but rarely apocalyptic-levels, and this particular apocalypse is easy to see coming and evade. As it stands the world needs a lot of oil and what not anyway. Dropping it would only hurt our ability to sustain our massively increasing population which would in turn hurt the planet anyway. So I vote for the way that speeds up technological progress and gets us closer to a future where we can deal with the problems we bring upon ourselves. [quote=So Boerd]How about "If I rob a bank, I will be punished"?[/quote] It's a logical conclusion. Ninety nine times out of a hundred if I rob a bank and do nothing to escape I will be punished. There is plenty of evidence for this. [quote=So Boerd]"If I go to this new job, they will pay me."[/quote] It would be illegal for them not to, so... Yes. [quote=So Boerd]All these things, which have MATERIAL consequences for believing them (For example, you must lose a proven source of income for the new job, and you only have the word of a handful of non-scientists to attest that they will pay you), you accept as fact on much sparser evidence.[/quote] Actually there is plenty of evidence and the comparison is invalid. Employers have a motivation to pay me, because if they don't, I will leave, and their reputation will be ruined. Also, you know, breaking the law because legally binding contracts and labour laws. Societies have incentives to catch bank robbers because it would cause instability in the economy and cause many hundreds of people to lose their hard earned money which allows them to live. [quote=So Boerd]Why can't you accept a vague conclusion with no ramifications on your life on infinitely stronger evidence?[/quote] It has immense ramifications on my life to believe in a deity that tells me to kill people for working on Sunday. [quote=So Boerd]Because you're not rational. Your train of thought is not "There is no evidence, therefore I don't believe in God", it is, "I do not believe in God, therefore there is no evidence."[/quote] No. There is no evidence, so I do not believe in God. I'm sorry that you feel you must resort to a personal attack though. I'm sure your God's attitude about not judging people lest ye be judged will be quite happy with you doing this. :lol