RE: Hey Gnostic Atheist - prove your point
August 25, 2014 at 12:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2014 at 12:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 24, 2014 at 10:38 pm)answer-is-42 Wrote: Generally I would take the commonly accepted definition of a sentient being that created the universe and is able to effect it's current course. Whether such a being has contacted us or not is irrelevent.Sounds awfully slippery......................I think that you're going to have to be more specific or we'll be talking around each other. When did god create the universe, how? In what way is it effecting the current course, and how? I think it would be pretty relevant if such a being -had- "contacted us" 42, I mean...we are talking about a god here, aren't we? This, just like the definition, is pretty important. Let's say you claim god created the universe on a tuesday...but I know for a fact god didn't do that(and thusly that -that- conception of a god is vacuous, empty, a non-entity), because it was created on a wednesday. Details could be important, eh?
-Or would you rather hear my opinion on attempting an un-falsifiable proposition...and then calling it "god"?
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