RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
August 10, 2014 at 3:50 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2014 at 3:54 am by robvalue.)
No. Being a logical person, I can only believe in things that I have good evidence for. Belief is not a choice, it's a state of mind, so I cannot choose to believe otherwise, even if I wanted to.
I've yet to see a single piece of evidence for any kind of god.
I've not even heard a definition of a god (in the popular religions) that isn't in some way contradictory, either within itself, to the sacred book in question or to reality. I'm not an expert on every religion, so perhaps some of them have a not-all-powerful god involved. Even so, again, no evidence.
A lot of people seem to use the argument, "You can't know for sure there isn't a god." This comes from the premise that no one can know anything for sure, which is true. But if you are using that to try to make a positive point about something else, you fail, because you are already assuming you can't know anything is true.
I've yet to see a single piece of evidence for any kind of god.
I've not even heard a definition of a god (in the popular religions) that isn't in some way contradictory, either within itself, to the sacred book in question or to reality. I'm not an expert on every religion, so perhaps some of them have a not-all-powerful god involved. Even so, again, no evidence.
A lot of people seem to use the argument, "You can't know for sure there isn't a god." This comes from the premise that no one can know anything for sure, which is true. But if you are using that to try to make a positive point about something else, you fail, because you are already assuming you can't know anything is true.
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