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Why don't some people understand lack of belief?
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RE: Why don't some people understand lack of belief?
(April 2, 2018 at 10:29 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Does God exist? Yes, no, maybe?
Now there's a proper question that requires unpacking most words within.

What do you mean, when you say god, with a capital g, God?
The god of Aristotle? Which is similar(if not the same) as Aquinas?
The slightly less abstract god of Descartes?
The disembodied fatherly figure that we find in many iconography (Sistine Chapel?)
Allah?
Yahweh?
Jehovah?
El?
Anu?


What does it mean to exist?
As a physical entity? I think none of those gods qualify.
As a concept only present in human minds? All of them qualify.
As a concept outside of human minds? Is there such a thing? I'd wager that no, there isn't.

So... In light of so many unknowns, I can only answer your question with a "very likely no".
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RE: Why don't some people understand lack of belief? - by pocaracas - April 2, 2018 at 1:35 pm

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