Does belief in God make him real?
October 12, 2011 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2011 at 4:00 pm by DrDolittle.)
Some things are undeniably real - gravity, for example. However concepts exist only in the human mind, such as nations or morality - but we still accept that they exist.
Take morality for example - it was 'immoral' many years ago (and in some Muslim nations today) to be homosexual, this was usually a punishable offense. Considering the vast majority of the population believed homosexuality to be 'wrong', did this not make it so? Moral consensus is decided by the majority, and as most laws are based on morality this may as well make it fact - like gravity.
So my question is this - does 'belief' in God make him real? After all, if everyone believes God exists and behaves accordingly does this not make him 'real' in the sense that morality, nations or money are 'real'?
Take morality for example - it was 'immoral' many years ago (and in some Muslim nations today) to be homosexual, this was usually a punishable offense. Considering the vast majority of the population believed homosexuality to be 'wrong', did this not make it so? Moral consensus is decided by the majority, and as most laws are based on morality this may as well make it fact - like gravity.
So my question is this - does 'belief' in God make him real? After all, if everyone believes God exists and behaves accordingly does this not make him 'real' in the sense that morality, nations or money are 'real'?
