(May 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: No, only the ones that have told me their god is real and I should worship them/him/her/it etc.
That seems to be a bit of a hasty generalization then.
Quote: But like I said, faith is personal. You can share aspects of it, but many aspects can never be shared. Nobody knows the entirety of someone else's mind.
Sure, but we’re simply talking about a definition here, and that can be shared.
Quote: You could have the most consistent and comprehensive description of a god there is, including physical attributes (I don't know of this existing) but still people's beliefs regarding that god will differ. Every time, without fail. You even supported this in your initial response to me regarding children describing their father.
I do not disagree with this I am merely trying to understand how it is relevant to the original question. If someone asks you, “What is an integer?” are you going to go on and on about how everyone is going to define an integer differently in their mind and no two mental conceptions are going to be completely identical or are you simply going to give them the actual definition?
Quote: I can't see how a square (with a very definite definition) is at all similar to a 'god' (whatever that is...which is the point). Besides, how do you know they're wrong in describing every Bill as a god? Maybe that's their definition or version of god? Maybe one of those Bill's is your god?
Definitions of terms matter; just as there is a correct definition for the term square so too is there a correct definition for a god. That same person could tell me that they are a married bachelor but I am not going to believe them because they are obviously messing one or both of the definitions for those terms up.
Quote: I go to you and ask if you're god is real, and you of course would answer yes. I go to any other person in time that has a different belief, be it major or minor, sect, or whatever, and ask them the same question, and I'll get the same response. As above, even in the same sect, the same family, the same household. Personal experiences differ, personal desires, wants, fears, hatreds. No two people are the same, so it stands to reason that their faith, however constructed, won't be the same either.
I still do not see how this is relevant to the original question.
Quote: Anything that is better than nothing at all?
Well like what?
