Evidence God Exists: Part II

[Watson]

Wrong. I can think of an apple that literally exists- it is conceptual in my mind, physical in reality. Similarly, in my mind the apple can be a metaphor for something else, but I acknowledge that physically it is another thing entirely.

And how the hell am I wrong for saying:

[the] apple can't exist as a physical entity and a concept at the same time

Why not? So a conceptual apple and a physical apple can't exist at the same time? If that were the case, then aren't you implying the moment a thought comes into our mind, the physical apple ceases to exist, or vice-versa?

The physical apple and the concept of the apple in your understanding are not one and the same.

No, but I change my mental concept of the apple to fit the physical reality. However, to me subjectively, the apple is representative of something completely not an apple.

I see what you're saying. My concept of the universe as a metaphor for God does not a metaphor for God the universe make. However, then we get down to intent; can we look at the universe and give it a conscious intention of metaphor? My answer would be yes, yours would likely be no.

@EvF: God is actually quite simple, so I would contend your argument that He must be complex.

Yes, A being that willed the universe into existence is simple. Who cares if it raises way more questions than explanations?

What happened to 'question everything'?

And, my evidence that God literally exists comes with my understanding of the metaphor- the metaphor's existance is proof of the literal existance, being that the literal is the universe, life, love, and everything here, all of which is a metaphor for God.

You literally haven't said anything. I can have a concept of a fire-breathing dragon, that doesn't mean that dragons necessarily exist.

See above.