Posted on Apr 12, 2015
Does God exist? Or, is there a God?
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What are the best arguments for or against the existence of God?
I mean an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, omnibenevolent Supreme Being -- the eternally and necessarily extant Creator of the universe.
Atheists, Theists, Agnostics, Polytheists, Pantheists and anyone else are all welcome to weigh in!
I'm not asking what you believe, I'm asking about the best arguments for or against the existence of God.
To clarify omnibenevolence, I mean simply 'perfect goodness,' not "the quality of being kind and generous towards everyone and everything." CH (CPT) (Join to see)
I mean an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, omnibenevolent Supreme Being -- the eternally and necessarily extant Creator of the universe.
Atheists, Theists, Agnostics, Polytheists, Pantheists and anyone else are all welcome to weigh in!
I'm not asking what you believe, I'm asking about the best arguments for or against the existence of God.
To clarify omnibenevolence, I mean simply 'perfect goodness,' not "the quality of being kind and generous towards everyone and everything." CH (CPT) (Join to see)
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I think so. For me, it's how I feel about knowing someone loves me. Sure, my wife and sister love me but that's not what I mean at all. My sister took me to church for some personal issues I was going through when my wife left on active orders. It wasn't until boot camp and MCT where I felt truly faithful. I don't know, the thought that if God wants it, it will be done. His will. His way.
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LTC Fred Wiske
ha! you wish!! Someday you will find out just how powerless and insignificant you really are... here is God's take on the phrase you mention: They do not know nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [d]I said, “You are gods,
And all of you are sons of the Most High.
7 “Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For it is You who possesses all the nations.
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [d]I said, “You are gods,
And all of you are sons of the Most High.
7 “Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For it is You who possesses all the nations.
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The belief in a higher power, regardless of the name used, is transcendental, truth beyond the realm of proof.
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I respect everyone's thoughts, its OK for those to not agree. me personally i believe something has created this world. i wont give it a name or a title. they is a lot of proof out there FOR and AGAINST the existence of "God" i guess you can argue all day but in the end you cant change the mind sometimes.
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The best way I can respond to your question is this way, for me God does exist. He is as real as you and me. When the @^% hits the fan you will find more guys and gals who did not belive in God praying to God in their holes on a dark, stormy and explosive night with plenty of enemy action (and deadly fireworks) going on. Now it is up to each individual to find there own path to their deity (God) and express that belief. All I can do is encourage that exploration for each individual and support each one who finds their deity. You and every person has the right to express God in their own way and be respected fore it. There is a magazine out there called Freedom get the latest issue on religion. That may help you.
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I'm currious as to what you were hoping to get out of asking this question, more specifically with the fashion in which you asked; mostly it seems to me that this was possited as a way to stir a hornets nest. I could obviously be wrong in that assumption.
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SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA
Sgt (Join to see), it's difficult to discern intent over the internet.
I sought only to engage RP in an intellectual/philosophical discussion of the most important topic that I can think of.
I sought only to engage RP in an intellectual/philosophical discussion of the most important topic that I can think of.
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When it boils down to it, no one can really prove anything. The only arguments are some theories and events that may have occurred in the past and present. No hard evidence on the existence, or non-existence of any higher power.
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SPC Nathan Freeman
SrA Eddie V, if you read some of my longer posts yo will see that I have proven with empirical evidence the existence of God. This is not a pat on my back but to the glory of God.
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CPT Carl Kisely
I can prove the date of my birth. I can prove Fargo is further north than Miami. I can prove the earth is mostly ball shaped. I therefore have demonstrated the incorrectness of your statement.
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CPT Carl Kisely
Yes, exactly! Letters are only our representation of something in the natural world, namely the formation of sounds by human mouths. Words are not magic, but agreed upon terms that we use for understanding. Dates, as you pointed out, are the measure of something natural (rotation of the earth, or the apparent movement of the sun across the sky) and given a nomenclature, also for common understanding. Directions are names that we assign based on two landmarks, the ends of the magnetic force in our planet, and the imaginary pole on which it spins. All of these are human things that are named to give us common understanding of natural things. BUT, they are based on natural things that are observable and testable. God is also a thing that was given a term to denote a common understanding, but since this is not observable, the term itself is not defined, or able to be defined, or even common for that matter. I can "believe" in "north" because we have a testable definition, but there is no definition of "god" that has yet to make sense or materialize as real.
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What if God considers Earth and asks if we truly exist? What evidence can we show that we exist? That our existence is making an impact and we aren't just taking up space. The dead take up space. The living exist - we hope. Do you exist? Prove it.
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