speakers_86
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It is not just 2 billion people but it is also over 1000s of years.
Old ideas prove false
1.Earth is flat
2.Sea monsters are a legitimate threat.
3.Eclipses are sign of an angry God.
This ideas are old. Does not make them right.
In addition, many of those people will believe in a supernatural because they see what they regard as evidence. Too many unexplained things, too many coincidences.
It is more likely that people were simply mistaken as to what they saw than there being some mystical being who is omnipotent.
When it comes to evidence you don't have any.
Neither do you. The simple fact that the scientific method is tried and true lends a little credit to this side of the fence.
You rely entirely on reading written material that is forever changing. Which particular theories do you know/believe are correct and what hard evidence to you have?
We are not omnipotent. Our ideas should be expected to change. As time passes, and our theories get refined, we will move closer to the truth. Think of the value of pi. The ancients could only calculate it out so far. Today, we have calculated it out to more than a trillion digits. Does that mean anyone was wrong? No, but our abilities have grown over time, as should be expected.