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What is a 'god'? A poll for anyone with an opinion about what all the fuss is about.

Poll: What do you think gods are?
This poll is closed.
God is a being with awareness of others and of everything in the physical world which he himself brought into being. Literally.
3.23%
 1 3.23%
There is a propensity for people to attribute to God what is beyond their limited conscious mind, which lies hidden from them in the deeper levels of the unconscious mind.
12.90%
 4 12.90%
God is an artifact of early man's attempt to understand the world around him. Essentially God is a mistake in understanding and that is all.
29.03%
 9 29.03%
God is a kind of shared social hallucination. It is a form of insanity albeit a common one.
25.81%
 8 25.81%
Belief in gods is a social practice. The perception of a god is the result of a kind of group hypnosis. Who knows how social practices come into being or why, but once established they are self perpetuating.
16.13%
 5 16.13%
Other, please elaborate.
12.90%
 4 12.90%
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What is a 'god'? A poll for anyone with an opinion about what all the fuss is about.
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RE: What is a 'god'? A poll for anyone with an opinion about what all the fuss is about.
March 1, 2014 at 7:08 pm (This post was last modified: March 1, 2014 at 7:09 pm by Violet.)
(March 1, 2014 at 6:49 pm)truthBtold Wrote: Most interpretations hold that gods and spirits are *intangible*. Such could not be physically defined... *because they are not physical beings.*

this is ur claim... u believe in something with no evidence..

Isn't that life, though? Tongue Maybe I'm right to take people's statements at face value... maybe I'm foolish. I can know all I like, but hell if I can prove it to another.

Every evidence is taken on faith, every belief is just that: belief.
(March 1, 2014 at 6:58 pm)whateverist Wrote: But consider the source. Figures I'd be more familiar with the varieties of atheist thought. Oh well it is a start. I'm not satisfied with the options either.

Your next iteration will be better Smile I don't see an option for me, hence 'other'.
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Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
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RE: What is a 'god'? A poll for anyone with an opinion about what all the fuss is about. - by Violet - March 1, 2014 at 7:08 pm

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