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Where do you stand on the existence of God?

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There is no God, and I am certain of this.
37.68%
 26 37.68%
I firmly believe there is no God, but there is a teeny tiny possibility I could be wrong.
21.74%
 15 21.74%
I believe there is no God, but there is a possibility I could be wrong.
14.49%
 10 14.49%
I really don't know if there is a God or not, but since I have not yet seen any evidence, I live my life as though there isn't.
26.09%
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I have no idea one way or the other, and am always weighing both possibilities in my head.
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Where do you stand on the existence of God?
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
November 24, 2015 at 3:22 pm
(November 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(November 24, 2015 at 12:28 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Why did you doubt?  Did you just feel less certain or was there a formal, argumentative reason (for instance, Problem of Evil)?

Actually, the "problem of evil" has never for one second made me question God because I believe in free will. There was never a formal argumentative reason, except for maybe "why doesn't He show Himself to everyone all the time?" I've mainly just questioned it because I had never seen it so I toyed with the possibility that it could all be made up. I was never an atheist, not even an agnostic, but I'd definitely had times/phases where I wondered if it really is all true.


How do you deal with events that have extremely negative consequences that have nothing to do with free will?

The Japan tsunami, for example.

Inserting the word "natural", where does your god fit in the following by Epicurus:

Is God willing to prevent natural evil, but not able? 
Then he is not omnipotent. 
Is he able, but not willing? 
Then he is malevolent. 
Is he both able and willing? 
Then whence cometh natural  evil? 
Is he neither able nor willing? 
Then why call him God?

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Catholic_Lady - November 24, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by vorlon13 - November 24, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Pizza - November 24, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 27, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - November 24, 2015 at 12:03 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by dyresand - November 24, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Simon Moon - November 24, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:28 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chas - December 2, 2015 at 8:04 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 24, 2015 at 12:08 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chad32 - November 24, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Chad32 - November 24, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Minimalist - November 24, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Angrboda - November 24, 2015 at 12:56 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by z7z - November 24, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Esquilax - November 24, 2015 at 2:50 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cecelia - November 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Pizza - November 24, 2015 at 5:35 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 24, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by brewer - November 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Dystopia - November 24, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 12:58 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - November 25, 2015 at 12:59 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by c172 - November 25, 2015 at 1:48 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by IATIA - November 25, 2015 at 2:57 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 3:16 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 25, 2015 at 3:40 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cyberman - November 25, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - November 25, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by IATIA - November 25, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Regina - November 25, 2015 at 5:05 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Regina - November 25, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 5:41 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Regina - November 25, 2015 at 7:18 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Athene - November 25, 2015 at 5:57 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Longhorn - November 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 26, 2015 at 6:13 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 26, 2015 at 6:34 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 27, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Spooky - November 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Ravenshire - November 28, 2015 at 11:18 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by robvalue - November 28, 2015 at 11:08 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Natachan - November 29, 2015 at 4:46 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Natachan - November 29, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Mermaid - November 29, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Natachan - November 29, 2015 at 5:26 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:09 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:21 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 7:41 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cyberman - December 3, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - December 3, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Kingpin - December 3, 2015 at 5:07 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Qwest - December 4, 2015 at 12:50 am
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Reflex - December 14, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Reflex - December 15, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Cyberman - December 15, 2015 at 2:56 pm
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God? - by Reflex - December 15, 2015 at 5:13 pm

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