What would make me accept the existence of a deity?

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What would make me accept the existence of a deity?

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RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity?

January 23, 2013 at 8:57 pm

If I refuse to accept something that can never be conclusively proven to be true and can be faked by any number of possible methods and there are numerous obvious motives for some being to fake them, how does that make me irrational?
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YOU left out one obvious thing - that not only can they be faked - but HAVE been on the scale of tens of thousands of claimed gods over the years.

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What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 3:16 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2013 at 3:22 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 11, 2013 at 3:24 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 3:42 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2013 at 3:59 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Darkstar - January 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 11, 2013 at 4:05 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Something completely different - January 11, 2013 at 6:50 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Annik - January 11, 2013 at 6:53 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 11, 2013 at 6:55 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 7:27 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 16, 2013 at 1:21 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 16, 2013 at 5:48 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 11, 2013 at 8:16 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 12, 2013 at 12:44 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 12, 2013 at 2:04 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 12, 2013 at 3:01 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 12, 2013 at 3:30 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by pocaracas - January 12, 2013 at 5:29 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by John V - January 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Dee Dee Ramone - January 14, 2013 at 7:04 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ryantology - January 16, 2013 at 2:07 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 16, 2013 at 11:06 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Celi - January 20, 2013 at 2:11 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 21, 2013 at 12:10 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 23, 2013 at 12:57 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Celi - January 23, 2013 at 1:07 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ryantology - January 23, 2013 at 1:19 am

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 23, 2013 at 2:30 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Celi - January 23, 2013 at 9:55 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Angrboda - January 23, 2013 at 10:48 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Celi - January 23, 2013 at 11:39 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 26, 2013 at 1:57 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ryantology - January 26, 2013 at 7:58 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by CapnAwesome - January 27, 2013 at 12:19 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ace Otana - January 23, 2013 at 3:36 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Norfolk And Chance - January 23, 2013 at 5:20 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ryantology - January 23, 2013 at 6:10 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by ThomM - January 23, 2013 at 8:57 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by popeyespappy - January 23, 2013 at 7:14 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Ryantology - January 23, 2013 at 11:20 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Celi - January 26, 2013 at 2:38 pm

RE: What would make me accept the existence of a deity? - by Edwardo Piet - January 26, 2013 at 6:50 pm

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