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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%
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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?
December 3, 2015 at 5:07 pm
(December 3, 2015 at 4:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: And that's my point. Do believers exercise the same critical thinking faculties on their own beliefs and personal experiences as everyone should do when confronted by a mystery, leap to the most fanciful explanation that seems to fit the facts, or simply be content with the mystery? As I said, what story would I have if I hadn't eliminated the mundane first? Or at all?

I can only speak for myself but yes I exercise critical thinking skills to rule out all plausible natural explanations.  Though it also depends on the scenario.  If I was in your scenario with a strange noise, maybe I wouldn't care what it was and not bother investigating and thus leaving it to mystery, but still I wouldn't assume supernatural.  Supernatural is only something that cannot be explained by natural means.  

If you hadn't investigated you could have contrived any sort of explanation you wanted, or none at all.  It was important for you to discover the source and you found a plausible natural explanation. If you didn't go out of fear, you could have theorized any number of things from air vent expanding to aliens but it would be conjecture, nothing more.
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Where do you stand on the existence of God?

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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 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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