Why Is Anybody Convinced There Is A God?

Why Is Anybody Convinced There Is A God? Aug 21, 2017 1:25:19 GMT

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Post by gadreel on Aug 21, 2017 1:25:19 GMT

Aug 21, 2017 1:19:30 GMT ArArArchStanton said:

Aug 21, 2017 1:14:55 GMT gadreel said:

Just because I have not walked you through my reasoning does not mean I have no reason, to be fair I have only alluded to it, but when I say this is a long conversation I mean exactly that. I did not come down in the last shower, my view on the nature of the universe is not uninformed.

Opinion has everything to do with it, given that we do not (and possibly cannot) know what the truth is.

Well all that really matters is if you can demonstrate it is real or not.

Just thinking about it isn't going to ever make it real. We didn't discover how light works just by thinking about it. We didn't discover black holes just by thinking about it. And we aren't going to know anything about the origin of the universe just by thinking about it.

Saying it makes more sense to think intelligence is involved means absolutely nothing until you demonstrate that an intelligence was involved.

If you can do that, then great, I'd sincerely love to hear about it.

Opinion has absolutely nothing to do with it, as opinions about the origin of the universe have no merit and no educational value. We don't learn anything by perpetuating made up idea about thing we know nothing about.

I am an agnostic theist, I do not believe we do know the truth about God(s), in fact a part of me thinks we never can. If we do not (or cannot) know the truth than all anyone has is an opinion.

Of course I cannot demonstrate that an intelligence was involved, but then I am not saying I believe that there was.

I am saying that the universe (in my opinion) is best INTERPRETED as if it was created by an intelligence, this actually makes no claim as to whether it was or not, simply that my interpretation of the universe works with that in mind.