Is the statement "god exists" true?

Post by **_Mercury** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:13 pm

Furthermore, what is "truth"? What makes something true? What makes something false?

Can you prove god exists?

_Yoda · Post by **_Yoda** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:02 pm

Can you prove god exists?

Can you prove he/she doesn't?

;)

Post by **_Mercury** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:06 pm

liz3564 wrote:
Can you prove god exists?

Can you prove he/she doesn't?

;)

How do you prove a negative?

Post by **_moksha** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:07 pm

Belief in God is a choice. People who believe in God find that it enriches and adds meaning to their lives.

Post by **_Doctor Steuss** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:08 pm

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."

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:09 pm

People of faith can't prove God exists to anyone else. Why would you ask them to?

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:10 pm

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.

Post by **_Gadianton** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:15 pm

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.

Post by **_Mercury** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:17 pm

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.

Post by **_Mercury** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:19 pm

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.

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