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.

[bionicbadger]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[Lucrio40]

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".

[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."

[Estolcles]

I have proof there is a supreme being/God:

I'm not a virgin.

:lol:

[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.

[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.