If God can do anything can he make a mistake?

An uncaused cause is the conclusion, not an exception. And when someone asks what caused the uncaused cause, it isn't a rebuttal, but rather a misunderstanding of what it means to be uncaused.



Because it shows - among other things - a cause of our universe that depends on nothing else for its existence. That is a common denominator of the many different flavors of God. However, it doesn't show that it's a sentient being, only that it exists. So it's not airtight as proof of God, but then again, it doesn't claim to be. It simply concludes the existence of something that, in many ways, very closely resembles that which most people call God. Or in other words, a pretty good chunk of it.



So I can believe there's a seven ton, fifty-foot green Martian from Neptune living in my cat's litter box and not be delusional? How does that work?



Different religions are just different versions of the same thing. They all believe in the existence of a "higher power;" they just disagree about what it is and what it wants.



Then what is our environment a product of?

By the way, not every response is a disagreement. js

Well he knew his father Leopold who was a composer but i can`t remember if he was an opera composer or not. So at least 1 composer. 


As i am not an intelligent man i have to admit i am not sure what you are trying to argue here, It seems to me that you are saying because Mozart was a genius and could compose at the age of 6 that somhow is an argument for God.

Of course i could be wrong.

The Jewish perspective about God’s existence being unprovable is that people would lose their free will if they knew for absolute certain that God is watching all of us and can wreak havoc on us after death with divine punishment.

So people choose right from wrong without being able to prove that this is the case.


The most moral person I’ve ever known in my life is an atheist (Italian, not Jewish) who rejected Catholism at the age of 12.

He is 100% atheist, but he defends Christians and Jews with everything he’s got because he believes in their right to believe without being hassled for it. I think he defends all religions for this reason.

He turned into a Republican at 12 years old, too.

Nope!

The anti-religion religion is fast becoming the most hostile and aggressive religion in the western world.

Look around you. No one is asking anyone to believe anything here but the anti-religion reps are acting as if people are being killed in this thread.

I too would march shoulder to shoulder with those who wish for the freedom to believe in whatever they want (and the ability to express those beliefs, if without hatred and violence). But, at the end of the march if I think those ideas are stupid or delusional, then I would expect the same freedom to tell them.

No one doubts his genius, perhaps the greatest that music has ever known. But no talent works in a vacuum. Mozart's early work often shows the guiding hand of his father. Mozart had to be familiar with the way of doing things before he could work his own examples.

I can't speak for other atheists but the only issue I have is with the ideas of those who assert, as a matter of faith, that the First Cause must be a magical one, one which is usually seen as deliberate and which is moreover a moral force, sometimes associated with a preference for the human. This seems to be loading a lot into reality for which there is no evidence. 'That which we call God', just as you say, can mean a host of things to different people. Traditionally though the word is imbued with cultural and philosophical assumptions and preconceptions which are based on psychology and emotion more than anything else.

One wonders why you should care so much since, apparently you are 'only offering information on an interesting religion'. Or something.

In my view unbelievers and sceptics today have every right to be trenchant, persistent and stern with the apologists of belief, given the history.


“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.”

― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

An ad hominem is not an argument. And, as already asked, if you are simply 'offering information about an interesting religion' why would this exercise you so much?