Actually no. I positively believe there are no gods, and I believe that's true for good reasons.
All of man's named gods are demonstrably false, either because they are attributed contradictory/illogical qualities or because they're said to do a thing we now know to be natural (lightning, for example) or to be in a place where we can go look and see they aren't there (Mt. Olympus, for example).
Furthermore, science has been investigating religious and supernatural experiences and claims for a long time, and what it consistently finds is that human religion is essentially a complex trick of the brain. Everything from visions down to believing our prayers are answered is based on one flaw or another in how humans think about and construct reality.
The vague "higher power" that deists and some agnostics try to use is so vague and meaningless as to betray the fact that it's an obvious contrivance designed to evade everything up to and including having to be defined at all.
So, even if we do discover something in the Universe that we decide to call "god," it will not be one of man's extant gods, and it will not be the vague, made-up "higher power" that's truthfully little more than an annoying linguistic device. If we find something and decide to call it god, it will redefine the term. As it stands now, the word "god" necessarily refers to either a fictional character or a vague concept defended by a net of logical fallacies, and those things do not physically exist.
All of man's named gods are demonstrably false, either because they are attributed contradictory/illogical qualities or because they're said to do a thing we now know to be natural (lightning, for example) or to be in a place where we can go look and see they aren't there (Mt. Olympus, for example).
Furthermore, science has been investigating religious and supernatural experiences and claims for a long time, and what it consistently finds is that human religion is essentially a complex trick of the brain. Everything from visions down to believing our prayers are answered is based on one flaw or another in how humans think about and construct reality.
The vague "higher power" that deists and some agnostics try to use is so vague and meaningless as to betray the fact that it's an obvious contrivance designed to evade everything up to and including having to be defined at all.
So, even if we do discover something in the Universe that we decide to call "god," it will not be one of man's extant gods, and it will not be the vague, made-up "higher power" that's truthfully little more than an annoying linguistic device. If we find something and decide to call it god, it will redefine the term. As it stands now, the word "god" necessarily refers to either a fictional character or a vague concept defended by a net of logical fallacies, and those things do not physically exist.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
