RE: Some questions that need to be answered
April 8, 2014 at 9:21 am
(This post was last modified: April 8, 2014 at 9:25 am by RobbyPants.)
(April 1, 2014 at 12:36 pm)therationalist Wrote: So far, only my first two questions have been addressed. I wonder why?
Okay. I'll start at the others:
(April 1, 2014 at 5:36 am)therationalist Wrote: All the religious beliefs we have been exposed to so far in our lives, is that the only argument for God's existence? can there be other explanations?
I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the question, but I'm reading "are the religious believes we've been exposed to the only arguments for God's existence?". Is that correct? If so:
Yes and no. A lot of arguments are rehashings of older arguments. For example: threatening people with hell is an argument from force. Pascal's Wager is a bit more complex, but pretty much derives entirely from that.
I'm sure we (humans) can come up with more arguments, but most will probably be drived from older arguments. As we learn more about the universe, it may open up new questions, and believers might insert their personal god into those questions, but we'll have to wait for that.
(April 1, 2014 at 5:36 am)therationalist Wrote: does the existence of God need to metaphysical if He exists?
It depends on what you believe about God, I suppose. I need to know what god we're talking about, and what it is capable of. The Christian god is described as being both physical and not at the same time. He's supposedly everywhere at once while simultaneously being unobservable.
(April 1, 2014 at 5:36 am)therationalist Wrote: What would make us believe in God?
Depends on the person. For me, it would be any evidence that obviously proved God without me having to assume he exists in the first place.
Also, he does exist, he could have lowered the bar drastically by appearing to more cultures than just the ancient Hebrews, and he could have kept appearing to those cultures for the past 2,000 years. Then, we might accept God as something that is a normal part of every day life, as opposed to just another bit of mythology tied to a very specific culture from several thousand years ago.
(April 1, 2014 at 5:36 am)therationalist Wrote: What is God, as far as you have heard so far in your life and how does He communicate with us?
My best guess? Hebrew mythology. He "communicates" to us when believers confirm their beliefs he exists and get some good feeling along with it. So, he likely "communicates" with dopamine, oxitocin, or other endorphins.
(April 8, 2014 at 4:23 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Sorry, but I'm not grasping why these questions 'need' to be answered. Will my taxes go up if I don't answer? Will my wang cease to function? Will I be eaten by wolves?
Your wang will be taxed and eaten by wolves. This is why I responded!
