"Why do I believe that God does not exist?"
I don't know God, but I believe he exists in the minds of all who believe in him. God exists in the same way that my son's stuffed animal wanted a glass of water last night at bed-time. He exists in the way ghosts make creaky noises in my mother's attic. God exists in the way that people think there was a good reason for their child to die from cancer. God occupies the same domain as these kinds of things and many MANY more. Some of them are mutually exclusive and incompatible, but that is the nature of the word "God". The definition of God represents reality in the minds of those who agree with each other about how fantasies should be interpreted so as to perpetuate a shared delusion.
"A dialogue with only one person is a monologue."
I don't know God, but I believe he exists in the minds of all who believe in him. God exists in the same way that my son's stuffed animal wanted a glass of water last night at bed-time. He exists in the way ghosts make creaky noises in my mother's attic. God exists in the way that people think there was a good reason for their child to die from cancer. God occupies the same domain as these kinds of things and many MANY more. Some of them are mutually exclusive and incompatible, but that is the nature of the word "God". The definition of God represents reality in the minds of those who agree with each other about how fantasies should be interpreted so as to perpetuate a shared delusion.
"A dialogue with only one person is a monologue."
