Does God / a supreme being exist?

[bufferofnewbies]

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[Hodge]

Originally Posted by bufferofnewbies [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Word.

[Estolcles]

I have proof there is a supreme being/God:

I'm not a virgin.

:lol:

[Noselacri]

Originally Posted by Lucrio40 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To say yes, or to say no with any degree of certainty is an exercise in ignorance. The most intelligent response when asked such a question is quite simply "I don't know".

This is true, although one could rightfully answer "I don't know, but no evidence supports the existence of any god, and countless evidence suggests the absence."

[Omnimorph]

Of course they do... i've seen cazic thule AND innoruuk.

[Bojangles]

Noselacri:
"[B]ut no evidence supports the existence of any god..."

Incorrect. There are huge numbers of eye witness accounts of a Supreme Being manifesting itself on earth, across most if not all cultures. You may wish to explain away these accounts (delusion, hyperbole, lies, metaphor, mistranslation, etc.) but that simply means you choose not to give credence to the evidence. It does not mean the evidence ceases to exist simply because you do not believe in it.

[purist]

Originally Posted by Fourthmeal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

True enlightenment can only be reached through worshiping the Lords Spicy, Crunchy, Melty, and Grilled at your local Taco Bell pals. Spicy likes it when you get Volcano Tacos, and Crunchy is cool with that too, but Melty and Grilled prefer the likes of Crunchwrap Supremes and Grilled Stuffed Burritos.

Your God has forsaken me until he brings back the Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme.

[Noselacri]

Originally Posted by Bojangles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Noselacri:
"[B]ut no evidence supports the existence of any god..."

Incorrect. There are huge numbers of eye witness accounts of a Supreme Being manifesting itself on earth, across most if not all cultures. You may wish to explain away these accounts (delusion, hyperbole, lies, metaphor, mistranslation, etc.) but that simply means you choose not to give credence to the evidence. It does not mean the evidence ceases to exist simply because you do not believe in it.

Stories are not evidence. I could point you towards thousands of people who claim they've beed abducted by UFOs, but that's not evidence either; and, as with UFOs, witnessing divine manifestation is something that has been lied about (or mistakenly perceived) so frequently that the evidence would have to be absolutely undisputable. Photos of Jesus toast don't count.

[Noselacri]

"Edit:" religion is like ghosts and Bigfoot, just on a larger scale. Countless people claim to have seen God or something, but it has literally never been confirmed in any undeniable way. There are no truly credible accounts of divine intervention or anything of the sort. There exists no video footage, no really unexplainable phenomenon (that can be proven to have happened), and no event witnessed by enough people that you have to accept it as true. It's always some dubious guy totally feeling the presence of whatever religion he follows, only there happened to be nobody around at the time. I don't need to see everything before I believe it, but for something so supposedly universal to have literally never been proven beyond doubt, I'm afraid I don't buy it.

[fastboy21]

You don't have to believe in any supreme being. What I find interesting is how often people who don't believe (atheists) feel the need to reduce people of faith to little more than child-like minds that believe in the Easter bunny or Santa Claus.

There are plenty of extremely intelligent human beings (by scientific measure) that have concluded that there most be some supreme being/creator. To dismiss them is to conveniently ignore that that overwhelming majority of the human race also believes in some type of faith system.

You don't have to believe in anything. But, to dismiss the majority of the human race and some of its most intelligent and gifted members in a single sentence or two is the real act of ignorance.

I don't want to publicly discuss this anymore, because I do not want to reduce my faith in Christ to a side-show designed by a troll on the rants and flames boards. If anyone, however, has a real question of faith or curiosity about what it is all about PM me and I will get back to you.