RE: I am a theist, what do you think of my proof for God existing?
October 28, 2016 at 11:24 pm
(October 28, 2016 at 11:05 pm)Mariosep Wrote: Here is the definition of god in the Dictionary of Atheism produced by atheists in Finland.
God: A deity or a god, is a postulated supernatural entity, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by humans. They assume a variety of forms, but are frequently depicted as having human or animal form.
Sometimes it is considered blasphemous to imagine the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually immortal. They are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions much like humans.
Such natural phenomena as lightning, floods, storms, other "acts of God”, and miracles are attributed to them, and they may be thought to be the authorities or controllers of every aspect of human life (such as birth or the afterlife).
Some deities are asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behaviour, and to be the designers and creators of the Earth or the universe.
This really doesn't tell us anything except personality traits we assign to our deity of choice, and how we attribute natural phenomena to it. In other words, it's mainly a run down of how human beings assign characteristics to their own creation (aka. god).
But, what IS a god, exactly?
“Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.” - Ford Prefect
