Ask a religious person if they can prove God exists and they’ll tell you they have faith — which is really just a mental filibuster for drawing logical conclusions.
Thank God for the God Meme. Actually scratch that, thank the internet for the God Meme.
at 11:54 pm
Perhaps… Religion was the only way people could explain things back then. And now we have advanced to where we can explain things now with Science. But maybe in the future, we will look back and laugh at “Science” and say that the number 23 is all knowing and scientists will look at the 23ists and try and convert them to Science but the 23ists will be the logic. Food for thought. :P
at 10:18 pm
Terrence, truer words have never been said. Humans have advanced so much so quickly, and the part that separates us from other animals is that we try to hold on to tradition and value, which everyone once attributed to religion. But don’t forget to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the things we might never understand. Remember, everything around you is made from the same basic elements, and we are all connected to everything.
at 10:57 am
I’m a practicing Christian, and I thought these were hilarious. Especially the one about Job and the one about lust. Too good.
at 9:34 am
I can provide logical proof that God exists. It’s call Alvin Plantinga’s version of the ontological argument. If you deny it, you’re denying mathematics and essentially declaring yourself a nihilist — which, by the way, is (in a strict philosophical sense, which I am guessing is what you’re asking for when you ask for logical proof of God’s existence) impossible. You cannot actually be a nihilist and still be alive. So you’re committed to accepting the ontological argument.
There you go. Don’t say people can’t provide it. They can.
at 10:23 am
In his argument, one must assume “it is possible that there is a being that has maximal greatness.”
But one can’t prove this is possible.