The Existence of God

Not really, because i never had any proofs that he exist

 

First of all, how do you know that other planets don't have life? I agree with the rest of your post though - don't you feel it's a bit of a "waste of time" for God? Why not just make the universe big, like the solar system, but not THAT big? Was it to humble humans? Idk, I want to see a response.

Who is to say that Earth is the only planet? There may be another planet with truly perfect living environments, we just don't know. And how else would you suggest having a light/heat source?

+1.

 

Most definitions of God are rather non-specific, I do not believe the idea that ‘God’ is a man who “sits in the clouds”, however I do believe that the idea of ‘God’ was created as a symbol or figurehead for various religions all throughout the world. There will never be any empirical evidence which 100% confirms the existence, nor will there be any empirical evidence to suggest ‘God’ does not exist.

 

The burden of proof lies upon the skeptic to disprove unfalsifiable claims of religions.

If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.

It's irrational to believe in something without evidence.

Omnipotence is an impossible attribute in reality, therefore an omnipotent God such as the ones portrayed in the Bible and Koran cannot exist.

Can God create something so HEAVY that he cannot lift?
Either Yes or no proves my point.

 

The 10 commandments for example, they are the basic living instructions that everyone has programmed inside of them... whether or not they follow them is the free choice he gave us

 

Actually no, people aren't born 'programmed' if someone was to be born in a cannibalistic family/culture/society, he would act that way. He wouldn't give a second thought because he was raised from childhood into thinking it is a normal thing to do.

 

i dont belive in god...
But how can i post a post to every 1?
It always says something like you got to be a mod or then you muted

 

You mean that the burden of proof lies upon the believer to prove their unfalsifiable claims, right?

If omnipotence is defined to mean anything logically possible, then such a God could exist.

How do you know that the 10 commandments came from God, as opposed to being a natural set of rules that humans, social animals that we are, tend to follow?

 

The 10 commandments are not basic living instructions that are programmed inside of us, they are moral guidelines. Humans are animals, and morality in the animal kingdom does not exist. Merely the basic instincts; ensure your survival and the survival of your specie.

 

Yes, I meant that, I copy pasted the sentence from Wikipedia (Russel's Teapot), didn't really pay much attention.

Yes, I would have to agree with that. But when I said omnipotent in my previous post I was referring to the popular definition of omnipotence which was unlimited power.

 

The God portrayed in the Bible and Koran is one in the same...You did know that, right? I really want to hear the opinion of someone that has experimented with many religions to see why they came to the conclusion that the Christian "God" or version of God is superior.

 

Anyone that has truly experimented with a variety of religions is unlikely to be faithful, unless that religion is so radically promising.

 

I agree with you, but what is your justification.

Holy Jesus Christ, 999th post

 

hell you guys are smart..
personally i do kind of believe in him to a certain point
not physically though
i mean seriously how can he make the eart and such

 

if evolution occured, where did the speck that created the big bang come from?

Now before you ask where God came from, the Bible says that God has always been and always will be. It is not meant for us to understand

 

Evolutionary theory and the Big Bang theory are not the same thing.

Well, if God is an unmoved Mover, then clearly an unmoved Mover is possible. Why assume it to be God?

 

Lets say if proof would come up, like it used to do in the beginning of religion to not base religion on faith (you might thing it does now, but its just because u haven't seen any proof, same thing with books if u read a history book about lets say the first man travelling the whole world or w.e long ago, you dont have proof but just a book that tells u that, so its not all based on faith)

would u then change to believe in god? if proof came up?

 

Obviously, it would be irrational not to.

 

Would you believe in him religously or just as him being there?

 

I would acknowledge his existence.