POLL: Is there a God ??
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And, yet, you cannot seem to stop posting about … me. Go figure. Avoid the substantive posts to post repeatedly about me. It’s looking like an unhealthy obsession.His need for attention continues.
You obsessive need for validation really is quite sad. Did your mother not hug you enough as a child? Based on your attitude here, I can understand why she didn’t.
”Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.“
Atheists love to talk about slavery. Probably because atheists have loved slavery for all of history, including today (the atheist rule book does not forbid slavery). The atheist and non-Christian countries digging slavery today:
worldpopulationreview.com
So, you can watch a cartoon making fun of Christianity as it relates to slavery, but you probably should ask why Christianity is not the religion of slavery. The Bible does not expressly abolish slavery and, yet, it was the Bible that inspired Christians to abolish slavery. If you think for yourself and don’t just follow cartoons (hey, I get it, British accents sound smart), you can probably figure that one out.
Good luck!
Countries that Still Have Slavery 2024
So, you can watch a cartoon making fun of Christianity as it relates to slavery, but you probably should ask why Christianity is not the religion of slavery. The Bible does not expressly abolish slavery and, yet, it was the Bible that inspired Christians to abolish slavery. If you think for yourself and don’t just follow cartoons (hey, I get it, British accents sound smart), you can probably figure that one out.
Good luck!
The fact that most of the "Nones" are young, white people probably doesn't bode well for the future of the conservative movement. Without white evangelicals, what else is left in the Republican party?
WildcatfaninOhio
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Younger generations turning their backs on ancient myths and superstitions. Hopefully the numbers continue to trend in that direct. The future is bright!
Your faith gives you hope for a “bright” future. You believe things will be better if everyone believes about God as you believe. You are an apologist for your lack of faith in God and faith that there exists other answers for the mysteries of the world, even if you will never understand those answers. We see your evangelical atheist ways by the fact that you post so much about your beliefs. Most Christians I know, the vast majority, do not communicate with non-believers as much as you and other atheists pursue this debate. We have a short time in this life and you choose to spend some of it discussing your confidence that belief in God amounts to a myth and superstition. Most Christians don’t have that passion. I wish they did.
The brain is a crazy thing, especially the brain of a child
Read this simple easy to read book, then tell me if God exists.
WildcatfaninOhio
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Read this simple easy to read book, then tell me if God exists.
Your god does not exist!
Interesting...the overwhelming amount of atheists I have read about or listened to say "I don't believe that God exists," meaning they have not seen ample evidence, in their opinion, to affirm the existence of a God, yet they still leave the door open to the possibility of God's existence, despite how slim they think it is.
You make the claim that God does not exist, which is a statement saying you have evidence to prove he doesn't exist...that is a lot different than saying you don't believe a God exists.
What evidence do you have to affirm the statement that God doesn't exist?
How is this evidence that god is real? A child tells a story? I'm sure this is no more fantastical than the stories that old, bearded men told during a more primitive time.
Read this simple easy to read book, then tell me if God exists.
Atheists love to talk about slavery. Probably because atheists have loved slavery for all of history, including today (the atheist rule book does not forbid slavery). The atheist and non-Christian countries digging slavery today:
Countries that Still Have Slavery 2024
So, you can watch a cartoon making fun of Christianity as it relates to slavery, but you probably should ask why Christianity is not the religion of slavery. The Bible does not expressly abolish slavery and, yet, it was the Bible that inspired Christians to abolish slavery. If you think for yourself and don’t just follow cartoons (hey, I get it, British accents sound smart), you can probably figure that one out.
Good luck!
While we cannot prove a god doesn't exist, it takes only a modicum of logic and common sense to lean more to there not being a god because a fairy man living in the sky is an absurd idea.
Whoa whoa...he clearly said God does not exist. That is not remotely close to saying I don't believe God exists.
He needs to back up that claim, as he clearly said it.
WildcatfaninOhio
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Your question has been addressed multiple times in this thread. The burden of proof lies with the person making the assertion. You believe that the god of the buybull is real. In order to convince others, you should provide the proof.
If it worked the other way, I would tell you that Spider-Man is real. If you denied that, I wouldn’t need to provide proof that he’s real. I’d make you provide proof that Spider-Man is not real.
That is not what you said...you said God does not exist...you made the claim, prove it.
WildcatfaninOhio
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Do you believe that Amun-Ra is real?
How about Zeus?
Quetzalcoatl?
If not, please provide the proof that none of those gods are real.
Nope. You aren't getting out of this one hahaha. You clearly said God does not exist. The burden of proof is 100% on you to back up that claim.
WildcatfaninOhio
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I just prayed to your god asking him to convert you to atheism. If it worked, then the prayer was answered and your god is real. Experiment complete. You can verify. I’ll publish the findings tomorrow.
Rather than criticize Christianity, please set forth the “modicum of logic and common sense” that should have us leaning against the existence of a god.
Everyone reading this thread read Ohio’s definitive assertion that “your god does not exist.” Now it’s time for Ohio to live by the standard he applies to others. He has the burden.
We await.
You are struggling big time my friend. 99.999999% of atheists won't say what you said....but dagummit, I guess you are in the .0000001% who say that God doesn't exist. We are all awaiting the evidence you have to support your claim...
Not to be that guy but atheism is the lack of belief in any Gods so statistically almost all atheists would say exactly what he said. I think you were referring to agnostics, such as myself, that neither believe nor disbelieve in the existence of a higher power. End of thought.
Lack of belief in God is completely different then making the claim God doesn't exist...so no, almost no atheists will say God doesn't exist, because they know they will have to live by the standards they hold Christians to, which is to provide evidence.
He made the claim...he has to back it up.
Right, right. Lack of belief very clearly means disbelieving in God's existence though. I get that we're arguing semantics but just wanna hammer home the point about what atheism means.
WildcatfaninOhio
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All atheists will say that all the gods throughout history and across all cultures are absurd fictional characters. Xians will claim that only one of them is real, and all the rest are absurd fictional characters.
Not sure how I can prove to you that your favorite god is not real. I’ll see if someone chimes in with a test to prove that Amun-Ra does not exist, then I’ll use their method.
I gotcha my man. But I am well aware of how atheism is defined. It is the lack of belief that God exists.
Which is completely different than saying God does not exist. Not really arguing semantics, as these are two completely different points of view.
This entire thread has been about atheists constantly asking believers for evidence of God.
He made it clear when he said God does not exist. I am surprised, since atheists are all about whom the standard of proof falls upon, are not running head over heels to demand he gives ample evidence for his claim...you know, since they have done it non stop this entire thread. I wonder why they haven't?
I'd say it all depends on what each individual believes about God.
Does someone believe in creationism and that the Earth is only a few thousand years, for example? If so, carbon dating, fossils, and evolutionary data can be used to refute this.
If someone believes in the omnipotence and omniscience of God, there are several things that could refute this. How can a God be all-knowing and all-powerful yet allow for the murder, rape, disease, famine, etc. of his children? Most Christians tend to refute that with the simple thought of "sin" but that's really just a way out to put the blame on the victim (humanity) with incomparable power compared to God instead of blaming God for all of the bad things that happen in the world that he created.
You answered your own question within the question.
Wrong. Acknowledging that God gives me the same freedom to sin and rebel against Him that He gives rapists and murderers does not blame the victim in any way.
Definitions can differ but whatever, that's not the main point.
I have no way of knowing whether there is a God out there that created the universe but I do know that there are at least some reasons out there for why you shouldn't worship said God if he does indeed exist.
You seem to be mixing conversations here.
The first is the question in the OP.
The second is your opinion about God as described in the Bible.
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