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Is the statement "god exists" true?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:13 pm
by _Mercury
Furthermore, what is "truth"? What makes something true? What makes something false?
Can you prove god exists?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:02 pm
by _Yoda
Can you prove god exists?
Can you prove he/she doesn't?
;)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:06 pm
by _Mercury
liz3564 wrote:Can you prove god exists?
Can you prove he/she doesn't?
;)
How do you prove a negative?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:07 pm
by _moksha
Belief in God is a choice. People who believe in God find that it enriches and adds meaning to their lives.
Re: Is the statement "god exists" true?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:08 pm
by _Doctor Steuss
Mercury wrote:Furthermore, what is "truth"? What makes something true? What makes something false?
Can you prove god exists?
I'm still trying to settle on a working definition of "god."
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:09 pm
by _barrelomonkeys
People of faith can't prove God exists to anyone else. Why would you ask them to?
Re: Is the statement "god exists" true?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:10 pm
by _Bond...James Bond
Doctor Steuss wrote:I'm still trying to settle on a working definition of "god."
I've always thought it was a dog doing the Moonwalk.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:15 pm
by _Gadianton
I think it can be proven the Stegasaurus doesn't exist anymore. So apparently we can prove negatives. And God could in principle be proven with near mathematical certainty to not exist if the deductive formulation of the problem of evil holds.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:17 pm
by _Mercury
barrelomonkeys wrote:People of faith can't prove God exists to anyone else. Why would you ask them to?
this is my next point and speaks to the utility of knowing Vs the utility in belief. Why is it useful to believe something that is unprovable? We can prove that Electrons exist by turning on a light switch or (indirectly) by measuring the speed of light.
I guess im beating a dead horse here and not being specific enough in my approach. There is so much animosity to those in the religious camps when we tell them the emperor has no clothes.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:19 pm
by _Mercury
Gadianton wrote:I think it can be proven the Stegasaurus doesn't exist anymore. So apparently we can prove negatives. And God could in principle be proven to not exist if the deductive formulation of the problem of evil holds.
Can you? How do you know that there are no stegosaurs? Have you surveyed every square foot of space on the earth and determined a stegosaurus does not exist there? Adn what of the possibilities of stegosaurs on the moon? I believe the quakers might be herding them on the moon.