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Originally Posted by Jibninjas
Assuming that my inquired definition is correct, I will answer.
I have stated many different ways on this site that I feel Christianity at least would be falsified and would cause me to step back to deism.
1. if they could clone a "me" that could not even know that it wasn't "me".
2. If we discovered a civilization like ours on another planet that had no concept of God.
3. If another species formed the same consciousness and intelligence that humans have, a la planet of the apes.
I have come across others but here are a few that I can think of off the top of my head.
I gotta say that all these 3 are still pretty much explainable by a theist with an unfalsifiable explanation , so I'm surprised you would use these to persuade you to become a nonbeliever.
1. A theist can still claim that the souls are different but the same bodies so it doesn't matter..
2. Jesus hasn't visited them yet he is waiting for a better time.
3. Even if we find many planets with intelligent beings or they come to visit us , theists can still make excuses claiming , maybe GOD only picked us to be saved cause we are his favorite creation, maybe GOD created those as holograms so that we are not bored.. etc etc etc..
Theists can come up with any unfalsifiable explanations they want and still claim their God exists...
Carl Sagan wrote about this in the "The Dragon in My Garage"
http://youtu.be/jJRy3Kl_z5E