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Do you think god exisists?
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God exits. He does not exisist, though.
Margim
Footy's back.
Voted other. I think probably yes, and live, think and act as though 'yes' (I'm a theologian, after all!!) but would allow for a margin of error that asks whether any finite individual can make an absolute claim one way or the other.
Galatian
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I choose no, simply because I recently just red an article about scientist who did some research on the human brain while having religious thoughts. Obviously there is a certain area in the brain that is active during such thought. Hence this is enough "evidence" for me to suggest god is nothing but a few electrical and chemical impulses in our brain.
warpus
In pork I trust
Which god?
Yahweh - nope
Allah - nope
Zeus - nope
...
God - shrug, who knows
Yahweh - nope
Allah - nope
Zeus - nope
...
God - shrug, who knows
Margim
Footy's back.
And in startling further news - taste, eye sight, emotions and hearing have all been dismissed as non-existant by scientists who claim that they are nothing but a few electrical and chemical impulses which are activated in our brain.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Does He use the front door or back door?
God is not bound by our human notions of "doors" or "walls".
Perfection
The Great Head.
Chimney then?
No, that's
He exists in many more dimensions than we can perceive, what we see is only his manifestation in the space we can comprehend.
Wait, that's Cthulu.
MayNilad Man
King
Not Cthulhu?
What! Never have I heard of Pascal himself admitting his wager was nonsense.
MayNilad Man
King
Considering he's dead, that's very understandable. 
His wager is not nonsense, but it doesn't really grasp the more emotional part of Theism, I think was his objection.
His wager is not nonsense, but it doesn't really grasp the more emotional part of Theism, I think was his objection.
Galatian
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Absolutely correct. You ever red Kant? He was talking just about that.
It is pretty hard to describe, but the relevant piece of his philosophy is that we don't know if something is really reality. If we look at a tree, we think it really is out there, but it really is not because it simply is just an impression/interpretation.
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
If he doesn't use the front door, the back door and the chimney, what does he use to exit?
Galatian
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If he doesn't use the front door, the back door and the chimney, what does he use to exit?
He just calls his buddy Bush, who is fighting so many wars in his name right now and he will send the Army to blow a door open
MayNilad Man
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He never exits, which is why we are so comfortable sharing our deepest secrets with a sex-starved guy. 
Rambuchan
The Funky President
I believe that God, especially in the Abrahamic sense, is nothing but a creation of the human mind. And a politically motivated one at that. He desires worship of him and no other, loves war and hates pooftahs.
The Hindu notion of Brahma is perhaps the closest to being credible in an analogous sense. There are tangible connections between, for example, the breathing in and out of Brahma and what physics, astro-physics and quantum mechanics tells us about the nature of the universe. Buddhists too have a sound idea that mankind is capable of being 'godly', which unsurprisingly connects with Hindu philosophy and cosmology.
But, either way, I don't worship or believe in any God. But I can see the analogous merits of certain religions. An atheist can always turn to Kant for a moral code, if needed.
Voted "no".
The Hindu notion of Brahma is perhaps the closest to being credible in an analogous sense. There are tangible connections between, for example, the breathing in and out of Brahma and what physics, astro-physics and quantum mechanics tells us about the nature of the universe. Buddhists too have a sound idea that mankind is capable of being 'godly', which unsurprisingly connects with Hindu philosophy and cosmology.
But, either way, I don't worship or believe in any God. But I can see the analogous merits of certain religions. An atheist can always turn to Kant for a moral code, if needed.
Voted "no".
Depends which god you're referring to.
I'm agnostic on whether our visible universe was created intentionally. It's feasible as far as I can tell.
I don't believe that Perfect Goodness is empersoned any more than I believe that Perfect Circleness is empersoned (in fact, Perfect Circleness seems to be a physical impossibility at this point).
I believe that the being that people communicate with via prayers is just themselves, and that they're allowing themselves to be tricked into an illusion of perception by their brains. A rough analogy is that our eyes will translate a Necker Cube into a 3D object, even though there is only a 2D drawing present. One can 'train' themselves into seeing the Necker Cube more easily.
I'm agnostic on whether our visible universe was created intentionally. It's feasible as far as I can tell.
I don't believe that Perfect Goodness is empersoned any more than I believe that Perfect Circleness is empersoned (in fact, Perfect Circleness seems to be a physical impossibility at this point).
I believe that the being that people communicate with via prayers is just themselves, and that they're allowing themselves to be tricked into an illusion of perception by their brains. A rough analogy is that our eyes will translate a Necker Cube into a 3D object, even though there is only a 2D drawing present. One can 'train' themselves into seeing the Necker Cube more easily.
