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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You're just refusing to look into your own mind and to work with that. Nobody can do that for you. :shrug:
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.
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.
You have this habit of pretending the person disagreeing with you hasn't read what you said. You should ask yourself why that is.
I believe gods exist. I have had personal experiences involving them, but those are subjective. Proof for me is not necessarily proof for others.
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.
Your definition of ''exist'' is incomplete. Does your syllogistic reasoning take all definitions into account? jan.
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.