sthitapragya wrote:ken wrote:
I never said there was any, yet. I have just questioned you about what do you need.
And yeah, do you believe that there ever could be any proof?
I don't need anything.
Need any proof, I think you mean.
If a person says they do not need any thing, then they may also not want any thing.
However, if a person needs some things, then they must also want those things.
To continue living every person needs some things and thus also wants those things.
If you do not need any proof, then you may also not want any proof.
I have questioned you in relation to what kind of proof do you need for God to exist? You say you do not need anything [proof], so you may also not want proof that God exists.
So, now I will ask you, do you want proof that God exists?
sthitapragya wrote:This is a forum for debate.
Ah, now we are getting closer, and to where I was heading previously, but you refused to answer My clarifying questions. We are closer to showing others, that is, WHY you talk and discuss the way you do.
I do not see a philosophy website as a forum for debate. I see a philosophy website as a forum for 'arguing',
logical reasoning, as a way to discovering or finding and seeing Truth. Debating is, by its very nature,
the opposite of logical reasoning and finding and seeing Truth.
sthitapragya wrote: When anyone puts forth a premise, they are expected to give proof of it. That is it.
Does that include you? If it does, then every time I ask you clarifying questions in regards to your premise(s) I am ignored or just refused an answer. I can not even get answers to straight forward simple questions out of you, let alone any proof.
sthitapragya wrote: If someone starts with a premise, "God exists" they are first supposed to prove his existence.
Do you realize or you do not realize that it is just about an impossibility to prove anything to a person who believes otherwise?
Also, believing God is a 'he' makes it even harder to start to prove God's existence.
Having beliefs has an effect on evidence, thus prove, and Truth. But some will believe otherwise.
sthitapragya wrote: How they prove it is their business, not mine.
You are right in that how a person proves anything is up to that person. But also, how open another person is to be able to see that proof is also up that other person. How receptive a person is depends on the beliefs they already have and hold. The more beliefs one has, the less open they are.
An open perspective is needed
prior to being able to see and find seemingly, relatively "new" Truth.
sthitapragya wrote:If, however, you are asking me personally, then yes, if God exists there must be proof of his existence. That is just how reality works.
That may be one of the most obvious statements I have read for a while.
Just like if Ati exists, then there must be proof of Its existence. It just obviously logically follows that if anything exists, then there must be proof of it.
But, before the proof of God's existence can and will be shown and seen, do you believe God could exist?
WHY do you insist God is a 'he', by the way?