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Well considered based on the frame of reference you commit to. My view is different. Why is it that whenever we in the West refer to god it invariably defaults to its biblical description? Could it be it's the only one we're trained to believe as its true manifestation, while others are mentioned m...

I don't believe anyone has knowledge about God. No matter how sure people are, they cannot verify that certainty against anything literal. In my experience, all of the evidence I have encountered for God is anecdotal. Those who have the experience would certainly differ with you. But whatever they ...

When engaged in discussions about the existence of God, which I have done for many years on different philosophy forums, it has always distilled down to faith. I get your point and I agree in some sense while I disagree in another. In a conversation on a forum, yes, one sort of does have to say “it...

Maybe there's a likewise short-and-straight answer to the "does God exist?" question too, and we just haven't found it yet? Either way, I think the possibility that the question can be answered logically justifies continuing epistemic enquiry. I mean, the fact is that we don't have a subs...

When engaged in discussions about the existence of God, which I have done for many years on different philosophy forums, it has always distilled down to faith. I don't perceive any epistemic issues with faith, as it is part of a salvation plan linked to a religion. People are allowed to have hope. I...

My ideas are sourced by sound mind and body, honest inquiry, passionate curiosity and a commitment to reason and the search for truth, sir. Good day to you. Good day to you too, sir. The reason I asked is that your ideas are very strong. And they differ from my experience. I don't know if there's a...

My ideas are sourced by sound mind and body, honest inquiry, passionate curiosity and a commitment to reason and the search for truth, sir. Good day to you. Good day to you too, sir. The reason I asked is that your ideas are very strong. And they differ from my experience. I don't know if there's a...

Yeah, there's only one kind of benevolence in the universe, and it's the forfeiting of some advantage for the benefit of another. The only time benevolence comes into existence is when one ego takes a loss for another. And even that gesture is shady because the ego taking the loss enjoys that loss,...

I think that no matter what epistemic medium we approach the question of God's existence from, the conclusion we will reach is that from a human perspective, it is a matter of faith. There is no enquiry about God that has an "is" answer.