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MineralMan

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25. What proof and examples are required when one posts a question?

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 09:36 AM

Sep 2017

A question calls for answers, not demands for proof. Have you an answer to this question?

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Can One Believe in a god and Reject That god?? [View all] Angry Dragon Sep 2017 OP

Can one elaborate, with proof and examples? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #1

What proof and examples would satisfy you? Orrex Sep 2017 #3

The proof and examples that prompted the original poster to post. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #5

The OP posed a question Orrex Sep 2017 #11

In this post, guillaumeb Sep 2017 #13

inside joke only to you Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #18

Still waiting. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #19

For?? Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #20

In your example post you made a claim. In the OP here, a philosophical question was asked. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #41

Sure Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #6

Reject the existence of that god? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #14

where did I say rejection of existence?? ........... I said reject Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #17

What proof and examples are required when one posts a question? MineralMan Sep 2017 #25

No I do not, guillaumeb Sep 2017 #34

I see, so that makes it OK? MineralMan Sep 2017 #35

Untrue. You made a claim, a very specific claim and offered no evidence to support it. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #42

Belief does not require worship, so yes. Orrex Sep 2017 #2

well put Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #8

This is a difficult concept to make clear. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #38

Exactly correct. Straight out of the bible, in fact! Orrex Sep 2017 #39

Yes Sanity Claws Sep 2017 #4

Sure. Croney Sep 2017 #7

not sure you reject a god without that being simple atheism.... Thomas Hurt Sep 2017 #9

why couldn't one believe that a god or god's exist, observe that those gods are evil, and reject Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #22

of course you can, humans have been doing that for thousands of years and... Thomas Hurt Sep 2017 #23

This isn't about "your god" and "my god" Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #26

Yes. And Yes. democratisphere Sep 2017 #10

Happened more than once in the Bible and there were consequences. Sneederbunk Sep 2017 #12

I think that the Luciferians did exactly that, deucemagnet Sep 2017 #15

Who is it that believes in a god? vlyons Sep 2017 #16

THANK YOU Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #21

If somehow the god of the Christian bible was proved to exist... trotsky Sep 2017 #24

Beliefs are not necessarily permanent. MineralMan Sep 2017 #27

Yes. And there are concrete examples of it. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #28

Could be several answers, but what I think you're getting at is... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #29

If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him NotASurfer Sep 2017 #30

I don't know, can a person believe in God and claim to be a Christian then doc03 Sep 2017 #31

I'm pretty sure the law attributed to William of Ockham suggests any belief in any god is a mistake. malchickiwick Sep 2017 #32

William of Ockham was a Franciscan friar and theologian. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #36

Here is a theatrical presentation that tackles your very question... NeoGreen Sep 2017 #33

With Lucifer as the example? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #37

I think we often believe in things which we reject. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #40

okay Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #43