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Why I believe in God.

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Why I believe in God.
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#11
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 8, 2011 at 9:46 pm
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself." Peter O'Toole.
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#12
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 8, 2011 at 10:08 pm
I wonder who among us will sit through the full hour though? Wink

(Incidentally I was dithering about whether to embed the vids rather than just give links. I thought that a wall of videos might have seemed a bit too daunting, and I'm still not sure I made the right decision. Why is life so damn complicated?)
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: Why I believe in God.
November 8, 2011 at 10:57 pm (This post was last modified: November 8, 2011 at 11:03 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Well I guess that took some time to compose. Why did you bother to do such a thing on an atheist forum?


I can't begin to tell you how uninterested I am in your personal superstitions.

I hope you have something a bit more engaging to say.

Harsh? Me? Beliefs based on faith and personal certitude,unsupported by evidence, are often called 'faith based'. I call them 'superstitions' ,which I consider more precise and intellectually honest.
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#14
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 8, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Thanks everyone for the welcomes. Someone asked why I came to these forums, and to be honest I don't know. I also go on religious forums, always interested in hearing thoughts of other people.
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#15
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 12:14 am
Butterfly wings are a beautiful accident. I think there is more beauty in that fact than some shitty creator who made things like:

[Image: parasitecollage.jpg]

WTF? Those things are hideous and they kill people.

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#16
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 3:22 am
I've watched the whole lecture by Krauss, though I need to watch it again. A lot of it went over my head.
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#17
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 3:25 am (This post was last modified: November 9, 2011 at 3:27 am by fr0d0.)
Whilst I believe that a knowledge of God is properly basic, I disagree with the design argument, so I think your logic is flawed at that point.

i.e. If we can logically infer God as basic then everything else follows and needs no further support.
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#18
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 4:44 am
^ World's biggest 'if'.
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#19
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 4:57 am (This post was last modified: November 9, 2011 at 5:09 am by Darth.)
Teensy bit confused as to what your arguing for in the first half. A god that is ultimately good and moral, all loving, omnibenevolent and all that jazz?

Then is the second half you claim this god created everything, or at least guided the design of everything?

Then whence cometh evil? Where did all the nasty pathogens come from?




Also: this deistic 'God' is a 'He'?
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#20
RE: Why I believe in God.
November 9, 2011 at 5:09 am
(November 8, 2011 at 8:38 pm)Rayaan Wrote: I agree. I think it would require some kind of an intelligent process to cause matter to go from inanimate to animate (even through evolution which I believe in).

I missed this first time through. What is that belief based on? Don't say scripture.
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