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Please give me evidence for God.
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RE: Please give me evidence for God.
(March 3, 2016 at 12:26 pm)Drich Wrote:
(March 3, 2016 at 10:41 am)GeneralDog Wrote: I'm not sure if I am fully understanding your question. Although at the end you say if God himself provided proof, please give it to me, and which god is it?

If their were three steps you had to do to find your 'proof.' would you do them?


Your steps to "proof" depend on the fallacious presupposition that the Biblical "god" character actually exists.

It is fallacious because it is circular logic.

All A/S/K proves, is that you are susceptible to confirmation bias. 

If I were to try A/S/K, and it didn't work, you have ready prepared responses. "You weren't sincere", "You didn't try long enough", "You didn't take it seriously", or "you didn't do that thing, with the guy in the place".

And even if it did "work", there is absolutely no way to demonstrate that what I experienced was not due to misinterpreting some natural mental state brought on by the A/S/K process, similar to the mental states brought on by meditation.

The bottom line, is if it "works" for an atheist, it confirms your confirmation bias. And if it doesn't "work" for an atheist it still confirms your confirmation bias.

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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Please give me evidence for God. - by Socratic Meth Head - March 3, 2016 at 10:27 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Drich - March 3, 2016 at 10:39 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Drich - March 3, 2016 at 12:26 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Simon Moon - March 3, 2016 at 8:11 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Jenny A - March 3, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Mister Agenda - March 3, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 10:43 am
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 10:48 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 10:53 am
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 11:53 am
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Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 12:14 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 19, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 12:21 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by brewer - March 3, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 3, 2016 at 1:05 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 3, 2016 at 1:27 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 1:26 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 3, 2016 at 1:50 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Simon Moon - March 3, 2016 at 8:21 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Simon Moon - March 6, 2016 at 4:02 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 19, 2016 at 4:00 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 21, 2016 at 5:11 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 7, 2016 at 3:27 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Simon Moon - March 7, 2016 at 4:20 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Minimalist - March 3, 2016 at 1:53 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 1:55 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by RoadRunner79 - March 19, 2016 at 3:35 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 19, 2016 at 4:02 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by RoadRunner79 - March 19, 2016 at 6:18 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 20, 2016 at 2:10 am
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 20, 2016 at 12:01 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 20, 2016 at 9:22 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cephus - March 21, 2016 at 1:04 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 3, 2016 at 1:56 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Jenny A - March 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Ravenshire - March 20, 2016 at 9:34 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 6, 2016 at 12:16 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Minimalist - March 4, 2016 at 1:19 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cecelia - March 4, 2016 at 2:25 am
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 4, 2016 at 8:44 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by IATIA - March 4, 2016 at 6:40 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 4, 2016 at 7:58 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 4, 2016 at 7:59 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by IATIA - March 4, 2016 at 8:09 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 5, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 4, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 5, 2016 at 12:48 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 5, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Please give me evidence for God. - by KUSA - March 5, 2016 at 2:48 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by comet - March 5, 2016 at 7:07 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Silver - March 6, 2016 at 1:12 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Catholic_Lady - March 6, 2016 at 3:06 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by ignoramus - March 17, 2016 at 7:35 am
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Cyberman - March 17, 2016 at 9:17 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Ravenshire - March 20, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by KevinM1 - March 17, 2016 at 12:01 pm
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Minimalist - March 21, 2016 at 1:07 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by Silver - March 21, 2016 at 1:17 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 22, 2016 at 1:42 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by The Atheist - March 23, 2016 at 12:58 am
RE: Please give me evidence for God. - by robvalue - March 23, 2016 at 5:38 am

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