I exist therefore I exist.

checks out.

Can anyone prove a god, I enjoy debates and wish to see the arguments posed in favour of the existence of a god. — CallMeDirac

It depends on what the definition of God is.  If it were like me, my definition of God is, a word in English which spells GOD, and has many meanings and many types depending on what religion or concept it comes from. Hence it is quite straightforward to prove the existence of God under the definition.

Whenever I type G O D, a word God appears on the screen GOD.  Here is a God. Here is another God.

You are seeing two Gods on the screen.  An object can be said to exist when it is visible to the perceiver in space and time.  I am seeing the word God in the space where the monitor is located at this particular moment.

Therefore it is conclusively true that God exists.

If your definition of God is different from mine, you would have a different method of proof. Whatever the case, your mileage may vary.

There are three possibilities concerning the belief in God: true, false, indeterminate. Religion believes it is true. Atheism believes that it is false. Agnosticism is indeterminate.

Due to your ignorance, you're comparing apples, red delicious, and red apples and using their differences as a method of determining whether a fruit is an apple or not an apple.

Atheism is defined as a positive claim. It is agnosticism that refuses to make a claim. While agnosticism makes perfect sense, atheism doesn't.

What you said above, ⬆️ is wrong. You don't have to take my word for it, your words below says it all. ⬇️

If we look at the JTB account for knowledge, then knowledge is defined as a particular kind of belief:
 

With all that being said, because agnosticism specifically deals with knowledge, we must utilize the label properly, placing it in the appropriate category. This makes agnosticism a particular kind of atheism and theism.

It depends on what the definition of God is.  If it were like me, my definition of God is, a word in English which spells GOD, and has many meanings and many types depending on what religion or concept it comes from. Hence it is quite straightforward to prove the existence of God under the definition.

Whenever I type G O D, a word God appears on the screen GOD.  Here is a God. Here is another God.

You are seeing two Gods on the screen.  An object can be said to exist when it is visible to the perceiver in space and time.  I am seeing the word God in the space where the monitor is located at this particular moment.

Therefore it is conclusively true that God exists.

If your definition of God is different from mine, you would have a different method of proof. Whatever the case, your mileage may vary.

You didn't prove that the word exists. All you did was proved that the representation of the word exists.

I do agree that the numerous definitions of gods will "require" different proofs. Having said that, more importantly metaphysical entities (which the vast majority of god definitions are) defy purely physical proof.

You didn't prove that the word exists. All you did was proved that the representation of the word exists. — night912

Every time words are spoken, written or typed out, they are real as bricks. Bricks that make up the sentences, which are propositions, statements or claims in the real world. For instance, God is great, or Oh my God, you took my money, but didn't let me win the lottery jackpot. Don't worry, God will save you. etc etc. These are the real life examples of solid manifestation and materialization and utilization of the words.

Having said that, more importantly metaphysical entities (which the vast majority of god definitions are) defy purely physical proof. — LuckyR

Yeah, but having said that, isn't metaphysical entities a contradiction anyway? Metaphysical entities lack entities. Metaphysical entities with no entities are nothing. In Kant, it is Thing-in-Itself. They don't defy proofs. They don't have proofs.

Is Germany an entity? How about Apple corporation? How about the US dollar's value? Intersubjective entities are entities.

Is Germany an entity? How about Apple corporation? How about the US dollar's value? Intersubjective entities are entities. — LuckyR

They are not metaphysical entities, are they? They have clear definitions, location and boundaries of their HQs and their presence, clearly set duties and activities, aims of their existence, and set of the members within the corporations and nations as well as the traditions and cultures within the entities, which are readily identifiable in physical and abstract manner.
God doesn't have any of those properties. God only exists in word.

God doesn't have any of those properties. God only exists in word.

Yes, the dollar's value can be "readily identifiable" after the fact, just as believers of gods can agree upon dogmatic properties of their gods. That's neither my point nor THE point.

Rather, the dollar only has value because the vast majority of humans consciously agree that it has value, that is, it has no intrinsic or objective value. Similarly, gods definitely exist as entities through agreed human belief that is, as intersubjective entities (like nations, corporations and economies), though not objective entities, as you noted.

Rather, the dollar only has value because the vast majority of humans consciously agree that it has value, that is, it has no intrinsic or objective value. Similarly, gods definitely exist as entities through agreed human belief that is, as intersubjective entities (like nations, corporations and economies), though not objective entities, as you noted. — LuckyR

You seem to be confusing between value and existence. Agreed human beliefs alone don't warrant or prove the existence of God.

I believe by "existence" you mean objective existence, which in the case of gods (or any other entity that only exists inter-subjectively) is, of course true (as I said). My point is that many things we deal with routinely and without controversy also don't possess objective existence.

My point is that many things we deal with routinely and without controversy also don't possess objective existence. — LuckyR

OK, but your point is not a proof. 100 billion agreed believers have no proof. The OP was asking for a proof of the existence of God. Proof involves presenting arguments with evidence and conclusion from the argument.

Agreed, that's why my first post in this thread noted that it is a fool's errand to search for physical evidence to provide proof of a metaphysical entity.

What stops you accepting my proof? Is God a metaphysical entity?

You mean the typing "proof"? Well, it works great for unicorns (and anything else imaginable), so I'm not impressed, TBH.

As to whether gods are metaphysical, they are by my understanding, do you disagree?

The only place I have seen God was in the word, G O D, nowhere else, hence the definition and proof.

If you demand proof for physical existence from metaphysical concept, are you not begging the question?

Every time words are spoken, written or typed out, they are real as bricks. Bricks that make up the sentences, which are propositions, statements or claims in the real world.For instance, God is great, or Oh my God, you took my money, but didn't let me win the lottery jackpot. Don't worry, God will save you. etc etc. These are the real life examples of solid manifestation and materialization and utilization of the words.

So you agree with me, the bricks that make up the sentences are not the actual words themselves. :up:

the bricks that make up the sentences are not the actual words themselves. — night912

They are. If they are not, I wouldn't have understood you. I did understand what you typed, so they are as real as bricks.

the bricks that make up the sentences — night912

For your information, "brick" was a figure of speech called simile in my sentence.

Simile is
"a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion )." - Oxford Dictionary.

As to whether gods are metaphysical, they are by my understanding, — LuckyR

You need to clarify what your definition of God is. Your proof of God would only make sense when you have a clear definition of God. The premises of your proof can only start from a solid definition. Then the logical proof could progress.

And then you must define what you mean by existence. Does everything you say as existing, exist in physical entity? There are also many objects which exists in conceptual entities. Then what you do you mean by existence?

Huh? I've spent considerable energy in this thread arguing against the concept of physically "proving" metaphysical entities, like gods. So, no, I don't need to define anything, since I'm not proving anything.

You?

Huh? I've spent considerable energy in this thread arguing against the concept of physically "proving" metaphysical entities, like gods. — LuckyR

I was just suggesting a direction for you to take in case you are interested in seeing the physical proof of God's existence.

So, no, I don't need to define anything, since I'm not proving anything. — LuckyR

Since you have joined the thread, and spent your considerable energy arguing, you still need to prove why you are not proving anything.

You? — LuckyR

I already gave out my proof.

They are. If they are not, I wouldn't have understood you. I did understand what you typed, so they are as real as bricks.

You didn't prove that the word exists. All you did was proved that the representation of the word exists.

For your information, "brick" was a figure of speech called simile in my sentence.

Simile is
"a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion )." - Oxford Dictionary.

And yet, you didn't understand that, "the bricks that make up the sentences are not the actual words themselves," was a figure of speech :chin:

You didn't prove that the word exists. All you did was proved that the representation of the word exists. — night912

I am not sure what you mean by "the representation of the word". What is the difference between word and "the representation of the word"?

And yet, you didn't understand that, "the bricks that make up the sentences are not the actual words themselves," was a figure of speech :chin: — night912

You didn't understand what the figure of speech meant, and kept repeating "the representation of the word". So I gave you the explanation what figure of speech means, and the concept of simile which was in the figure of speech.

Huh? I've spent considerable energy in this thread arguing against the concept of physically "proving" metaphysical entities, like gods. — LuckyR

Is God a metaphysical entity? What is the proof for that? Is word God a proper name for God? What does God mean, and which God does it mean?

If anyone could prove the existence of God, there would be very few atheists.

Nor would there be a God. We would just be left saying things are as they are.