The concept of God is too complex and too multifaceted to be reduced to a single logical argument or observation. Instead, the pursuit of God is a deeply personal and meaningful journey that is often based on faith and intuition rather than logic. — gevgala
The Pope and an atheist are having a discussion...
and it slowly gets more and more heated until eventually the Pope can't take it anymore and he says to the atheist - "You are like a man who is blindfolded, in a dark room who is looking for a black cat that isn't there."
The atheist laughs and says - "With all due respect, we sound awfully similar. You are like a man who is blindfolded, in a dark room who is looking for a black cat that isn't there but the difference is you think you have found it. — Dave Alen
Her liquid faith took her to a liminal arena, an in-between space between faith and doubt, art and science, poetry and life. For such a liminal journey, the most significant symbol is the dash - ; the dash between words, in this case, between “yes,” “no” and at the end of her life a definitive “Yes.”
Instead, the pursuit of God is a deeply personal and meaningful journey that is often based on faith and intuition rather than logic. — gevgala
Yeah, but is theism – its sine qua non claims – true or not true? — 180 Proof
The concept of God is inherently unprovable and unverifiable. — gevgala
Makoto Fujimura on Emily Dickinson — Noble Dust
Every material object has a cause. — Metaphysician Undercover
The cause is prior in time to the object. — Metaphysician Undercover
This immaterial cause is what is known as "God". — Metaphysician Undercover
I would rather say that the existence of God is inherently unprovable and unverifiable, since concepts are abstract ideas, not objects, hypotheses or facts to undergo proof.The concept of God is inherently unprovable and unverifiable. — gevgala
Indeed, the existence of God --any god and as a commonly shared concept-- cannot be proved. "By definition", as we say.the pursuit of God is often based on subjective experience and personal conviction — gevgala
Indeed. However, I don't think that humans really try to understand such concept. We cannot even imagine e.g. how an omnipotent being would look and act like. Imagination is at full play here.In addition, the concept of God may be too complex for human beings to fully understand. — gevgala
I don't have any one in mind. Do you?Philosophers may spend their entire lives attempting to prove the existence of God — gevgala
Some claim matter is neither created nor destroyed. How do you go about refuting this? For example: do you think caused and created are two different things? — ucarr
If someone claims God is self-caused, how would you refute this refutation of {cause ⇒ effect} is always temporal? — ucarr
I don't think we know enough about reality or the universe to know that all things have causes or even what causality amounts to. — Tom Storm
...the emotional need for universal narratives that can save humans and make sense of everything constantly overwhelms us. — Tom Storm
si comprhendis non est deus, — Agent Smith
:smirk:That was Augustine, of course. Never let comprehension get in his way. — Ciceronianus
No doubt an inferior version ofsi ENIM comprhendis non est deus, — Agent Smith
All else is idolatry.The Dao that can be spoken
is not the eternal Dao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal name. — Laozi
Some claim matter is neither created nor destroyed. How do you go about refuting this? For example: do you think caused and created are two different things? — ucarr
Do you think the {cause ⇒ effect} relationship always implies a temporal sequence? — ucarr
If someone claims God is self-caused, how would you refute this refutation of {cause ⇒ effect} is always temporal? — ucarr
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