Existence of god

Discussion in 'Religion' started by shivansh, Mar 27, 2013.

  1. arauca Banned Banned

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    Thanks for the title . I knew you were joking , I hope you feel good .
     
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  3. origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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    Thanks, I do feel pretty good. I wish it would warm up though.
     
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  5. Jan Ardena OM!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I'd be content to throw in the bog standard dictionary definition with an upper-case 'G', and then admit
    I cannot prove existence, but I'm wondering if there is more to this question because it's not in the religion/philosophy forums.

    jan.
     
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  7. Motor Daddy Valued Senior Member

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    God is a spirit that resides in those that believe.
     
  8. eram Sciengineer Valued Senior Member

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    apparently Godel managed to prove it.
     
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  10. origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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  11. Motor Daddy Valued Senior Member

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    You can clearly see this pic NASA took of my God, so my God is real! I've outlined the more noticeable features.

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  12. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    Ask yourself why you're asking a question, and you'll probably get the answer to it right there.
     
  13. Balerion Banned Banned

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    And we're back to faux-Buddhist plattitudes.
     
  14. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    You're just refusing to look into your own mind and to work with that.
    Nobody can do that for you.

    :shrug:
     
  15. Balerion Banned Banned

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    I'm not the one asking the question, but of course it is incorrect to assert that every answer can be found within. That's why it's a platitude: it is a meaningless or trite statement that is presented as if it is original or important.
     
  16. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Rephrase the topic question to read: Existence of Potential.

    The word Potential is the perfect functioning definition for a theistic god(s).

    The great difference is that Potential is a scientifically acceptable term, because its functions have been clearly defined, unlike (any) God.
     
  17. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    It seems incorrect and becomes that platitude when one just simply doesn't read what I said:


     
  18. Balerion Banned Banned

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    You have this habit of pretending the person disagreeing with you hasn't read what you said. You should ask yourself why that is.
     
  19. Hapsburg Hellenistic polytheist Valued Senior Member

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    I believe gods exist. I have had personal experiences involving them, but those are subjective. Proof for me is not necessarily proof for others.
     
  20. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I don't know, but I have no reason to believe that he/she/it does.

    Prove what?
     
  21. cosmictotem Registered Senior Member

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    No. God, in the traditional sense, does not exist. I can show that using just the traditionally understood conceptions of God, Universe and Existence.

    To exist is to exist somewhere and a quality of a Universe is a somewhere to exist. But to have created the Universe, God would have to exist somewhere before the Universe was created. Since God could not exist anywhere before there was a Universe in which to exist, God could not have created the Universe and God does not exist.
     
  22. Jan Ardena OM!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Your definition of ''exist'' is incomplete.

    Does your syllogistic reasoning take all definitions into account?

    jan.
     
  23. cosmictotem Registered Senior Member

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    Yes, of course. Definitions 2, 3, 4 and 5 are subsumed under and can only follow from definition 1. None of them can occur if definition 1 of existence is unmet.
     

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