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Lol - you first. cbayer Feb 2012 #1
I can not believe in the god of the Bible Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #5
Fair enough. We can just say what we don't think god is. cbayer Feb 2012 #9
A Manifestation Of Man 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #17
If that is what works for you, go with it. cbayer Feb 2012 #18
A question with many answers. It's personal and it is all about faith. I'm virgogal Feb 2012 #2
Those are the answers I am looking for Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #6
If it's personal you get to decide for yourself what it is. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #37
By defintion, God cannot be defined. rug Feb 2012 #3
I wonder how you can say that without providing a definition?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #7
The only definition that's accurate is limitlessness. rug Feb 2012 #20
Okay Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #21
Conscious, limitless existence. rug Feb 2012 #22
Something other than the kind of thing you can prove doesn't exist Silent3 Feb 2012 #4
I know you can do better than that Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #8
He Who Cannot Be Disproved can do better than that Silent3 Feb 2012 #16
Based on your responses so far, I would say this is primarily goading. cbayer Feb 2012 #10
I am not goading Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #12
I like your definition. cbayer Feb 2012 #13
Thank you Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #15
There isn't one. You only get to have A definition if you pick A true religion. saras Feb 2012 #11
Would post #12 kinda fit into this?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #14
God bongbong Feb 2012 #19
How about this edhopper Feb 2012 #23
If there is, I would answer thusly cbayer Feb 2012 #26
Its like asking: Where in this movie IS the producer? napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #28
Yes I effect the physical world. edhopper Feb 2012 #29
As soon as one encounters the wave theory of matter, physics and metaphysics blur together. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #30
Bohm was an interesting and very strange character onager Feb 2012 #31
Gardner defends a staunchly positivist viewpoint I no longer share. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #32
I became tama Feb 2012 #61
More pointers! GliderGuider Feb 2012 #76
Ah, those oldies goodies! tama Feb 2012 #77
Anyone who wants me to dismiss Sarfatti and Bohm's holographic theories out of hand GliderGuider Feb 2012 #84
Well, Uri Geller is definitely woo. onager Feb 2012 #78
Shall we drop Bohm into the same scientific trash bin as Newton and Kepler then? GliderGuider Feb 2012 #81
U.G. Krishnamurti tama Feb 2012 #82
My answer to #5 is perfectly rational. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #40
Sorry, edhopper Feb 2012 #42
Well now there's an interesting read. Sheldrake. Never heard of him, thanks. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #52
It's related tama Feb 2012 #59
Sheldrake's empirical evidence? edhopper Feb 2012 #69
Nope nt tama Feb 2012 #73
Thanks Tama. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #79
Get off Sheldrake and answer my quandary. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #80
Reductivist nonesense. edhopper Feb 2012 #83
He? That's a pretdty bad start nt Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #36
Yup tama Feb 2012 #62
Most objective god-concepts are cultural constructs, which means they vary as much as cultures do. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #24
Consensus forming? tama Feb 2012 #27
The Valfather Tyrs WolfDaemon Feb 2012 #25
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia... onager Feb 2012 #33
Defining God Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #34
That is a well-thought and insightful post, and I agree. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #35
That is a good question tama Feb 2012 #49
Very nice. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #38
So you've basically dismissed the religious beliefs skepticscott Feb 2012 #39
Its like this. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #41
Rashomon cbayer Feb 2012 #43
Your bias really is ridiculous skepticscott Feb 2012 #46
Oh dear. You are confusing opinion with bias. cbayer Feb 2012 #53
Your "opinion" is biased, so no...there's no confusion on my part. skepticscott Feb 2012 #56
Petty politics tama Feb 2012 #60
Yes, post #43 was politics, and rather petty and lame to boot. skepticscott Feb 2012 #66
I liked it too tama Feb 2012 #68
That analogy assumes that this "god" is an actual thing outside the window, like an SUV. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #44
My analogy doesn't dismiss that possibility at all. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #47
Are you familiar tama Feb 2012 #50
Thanks for reminding me of that! Though it takes on a different meaning on DU... napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #51
Obviously tama Feb 2012 #58
Nice try, but big fail at understanding skepticscott Feb 2012 #45
The fail is yours. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #48
And now you backpedal completely from your analogy skepticscott Feb 2012 #55
All I hear is more sectarian shouting about how I should think. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #57
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #65
"an idea so clearly true that everybody can get behind it" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #63
And yet tama Feb 2012 #64
No, there isn't 'a huge amount' of such evidence muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #67
Denial of evidence tama Feb 2012 #71
hmmm handmade34 Feb 2012 #54
This is a pretty good summary IMO. And today, so much is based on fear - that's RKP5637 Feb 2012 #72
IMO God is a myth used by those wanting power to seek, gain and maintain that power. God is RKP5637 Feb 2012 #70
It can be that too tama Feb 2012 #74
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #75
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