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Depends on what you mean when saying "God". Feel free to clarify.
I´m mainly in the Philosophy and E&M forums. I´m not particularly interested in discussing the question "Does God exist?" - for various reasons.
That said, I must say I am not impressed by the arguments you have presented here. Not at all. Actually, I don´t even recall an attempt at a serious argument from you.
Exactly my point. We all should accept soundly reasoned explanations as evidence of truth. Todd not Todd said he only accepts soundly reasoned evidence as evidence of truth. This is a redundant statement that he made in order to disagree with me.
Exactly my point. We all should accept soundly reasoned explanations as evidence of truth. Todd not Todd said he only accepts soundly reasoned evidence as evidence of truth. This is a redundant statement that he made in order to disagree with me.
I know you might not mean it in that way, but you do recognise how condescending this is?Hi, Jenny beeIt looks like you believed in God as an idea, not the One who is personal with His children. You were not expecting Him, maybe, to personally communicate and share with you - - - and correct you . . . like the Bible says He does > Hebrews 12:4-11 . . . 1 Corinthians 6:17 . . . Romans 5:5 < by the way, did your investigation include knowing these scriptures??
I believed in God as more than idea. I believed in Him with all of my heart and lived a Christian life. I experienced feelings that I thought were of God, but in reality, I know that was a psychological misinterpretation.
No, I believed in God as more than idea. I believed in Him with all of my heart and lived a Christian life. I experienced feelings that I thought were of God, but in reality, I know that was a psychological misinterpretation.
It is fine to believe on faith alone as that is what the Bible teaches. But just make sure you are fully understanding just what it is you are believing and being asked to believe.
And as I've said in another post, sound arguments can be evidence.
You really need to understand the words and phrases that people use. This is the Philosophy section, so it's important to understand... Philosophy...
Great! So we can agree that you would believe someone who had a soundly reasonable explanation for why the Christian God does not exist. You would not require evidence of this God not existing.
Unfortunately, such a person with such an argument does not exist. This is my point
I do not accept that lack of evidence for one thing is equal to evidence for anything. Are you familiar with the null hypothesis?By this logic I could just as easily say that the lack of evidence that God does not exist, means God does exist. Based on your logic, you should agree, yet you don't, why is that?
Right. You can't prove a negative.Great! So we can agree that you would believe someone who had a soundly reasonable explanation for why the Christian God does not exist. You would not require evidence of this God not existing.
Unfortunately, such a person with such an argument does not exist. This is my point
Well, you did ask a question about arguments.I don't argue, I discuss and explain at a personal level. I engage with the person and honestly try to understand their view. Then I explain in simple terms why I believe something different.
Because I've heard all the arguments, and found them all without merit, I have no reason to believe in a god. I wouldn't say that I'm more of an atheist, since the phrase seems silly. The only change over time I've had is that I think that a purely intellectual argument for a god's existence is folly.
Oh, and I don't think it's possible to consider believing in something. Either I accept evidence and believe, or I don't.
Right. You can't prove a negative.
But you have to admit that he has taken the art of employing logical fallacies to a new level.WLC doesn't science.
I was raised by a single mother who was agnostic. I remember that I had identified myself as that, too. And I was dabbling in witchcraft before I converted to Christianity.Just out of curiosity...what did you convert from?
And I'm sorry, I should've been more clear when I said "personal interpretation" of scripture. I do realize some denominations rely on a specific person or group's interpretation of scripture and don't necessarily encourage each believer to develop their own understanding of the bible. I just wasn't thinking of this when I made my previous post.
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