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There is no God, and I am certain of this.
37.68%
26 37.68%
I firmly believe there is no God, but there is a teeny tiny possibility I could be wrong.
21.74%
15 21.74%
I believe there is no God, but there is a possibility I could be wrong.
14.49%
10 14.49%
I really don't know if there is a God or not, but since I have not yet seen any evidence, I live my life as though there isn't.
26.09%
18 26.09%
I have no idea one way or the other, and am always weighing both possibilities in my head.
0%
0 0%
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Where do you stand on the existence of God?
RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
(December 3, 2015 at 9:43 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(December 3, 2015 at 2:07 am)pool Wrote: I take it you mean the Abrahamic God?
The one that made the earth out of nowhere and made humans from mud. The one who supposedly loves us so much that he allows us to die and then go to "heaven"?

Yeah, no.

No, there is no specification on what God. Just A god. Whichever one you think would be most likely I suppose.

Too ambiguous.
Just A god can be anything.
You should pick a God, list out it's properties and then this discussion will make sense.
Because Sun is a god according to some religions and I am positive of the existence of Sun, doesn't mean I believe in God.
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
I am 100% certain there is no god, or at least a god who gives a shit about anything
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
(November 24, 2015 at 11:40 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hello heathens. Which option most accurately applies to your views?

(Basically it goes from most certain there is no God, to least certain. I am curious to see the answers!)

It really depends on what you mean by "God." The word is meaningless without predication.
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
(December 14, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Reflex Wrote:
(November 24, 2015 at 11:40 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hello heathens. Which option most accurately applies to your views?

(Basically it goes from most certain there is no God, to least certain. I am curious to see the answers!)

It really depends on what you mean by "God." The word is meaningless without predication.
Generally speaking when people on internet forums yak about "God" they mean the creature in the Bible.  They really love the Jewish version more than all of the thousands of others.  Even if people say that they don't believe in "God" that's the one they are referring to.
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
In popular culture that kind of 'god' may indeed dominate, but in internet forums, that kind of predication comes from atheists more often than it does from theists. At least, that's been my experience. Theists who post on internet forums generally have a more sophisticated understanding.

It is precisely because of what you said that the question posed in the OP is like asking, "Do you still beat your children? Answer yes or no."
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
That's why I for one try to get the definitions straight early on, so we don't end up talking past each other. Or minimise the risk, at least.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Where do you stand on the existence of God?
(December 15, 2015 at 2:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: That's why I for one try to get the definitions straight early on, so we don't end up talking past each other. Or minimise the risk, at least.

That's fair. The God depicted by Ed Feser, David Bentley, Hegel and others is radically different than the god(s) depicted by televangelists and atheist authors (at least, those I'm familiar with).
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