Why do people respond to these comments with the implication of fact that
god exists when there is no evidence to support the existence thereof?
I simply think it's dishonest of Christians to claim they «know»
a god exists when they don't.
You are the one claiming that
a god exists when in fact it takes faith to believe that and faith defined is belief without evidence.
Are you acknowledging
those gods exist when you use those words?
Not exact matches
I recall that
when God was not in the picture for me this «turmoil» did not
exist because others
gods were not real to me.
In my brain I know
god doesn't
exist, so
when I walk by a sign that says something about Jesus (which is quite often around here) ya know what I do?
God: A magical being believed by some to
exist, who knows
when you've been bad or good, and will reward you or punish you accordingly, but there's no hard evidence whatsoever that he
exists.
And
when we see those actions occurring, both in history and today, we can conclude that
God exists.
However I'd rather be honest and admit to not knowing instead of plugging a
god in to the factor, especially
when no - one can confirm that a
god exists.
He prayed to
God to make his ALS go away, but
when nothing happened he got frustrated and decided
God does not
exist because
God did not answer his prayers.
When I think of «service to
god,» I take into consideration that
god doesn't
exist.
God allows a place of eternal torture to
exist when he could just as easily destroy it.
So
when someone says «I believe in
God,» they are really saying «I think
God exists» and «I believe in religion,» but churches need to get people thinking and saying a phrase much strong than those in order to get them to do stuff like give the church money, so they snagged «believe in.»
I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication for a health problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health problems and allow for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did... for those people who wish to use contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up in a faith based family, and don't know whether a
God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and
when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...
ad miracles stopped happening
when the camera was invented nice try but fail fail fail fail
god do nt
exist bubble bursted nice knowin ya
Just because a lot of people are brainwashed at a young age to believe there are
gods, but are told
when they run out of teeth to trade that the Tooth Fairy doesn't
exist, doesn't mean
gods are more likely to
exist.
Atheists and agnostics will believe in the Bible
when you can prove that
God exists.
I'd recite whatever they want, get my discount and
when it's all done, I'd tell them it's all BS and
god doesn't
exist.
You have chosen to believe it's not possible for
God to
exist a priori so any possible indication that he may, you simply reject as not possible even
when there is no other scientific explanation for credible miraculous events (ones that can not be mere coincidences) other than supernatural.
I simply asked you the same type of question and atheist asks
when they say, prove
God exists.
@Bob: I am an atheist and I will start believing in
god when you can prove he
exists.
I have to relate what a MD told me once «I chose to believe in
God because if he doesn't
exist,
when I die it won't matter and if He does, then I'm ahead of the game.
Well,
when they can prove that their «
God» (whatever that is)
exists and that He has given them that authority, I will stop laughing and pointing at them.
Oh and before you whine about it, did I just ask you anything in a manner that an atheist doesn't ask a believer to do
when they ask to be shown that
God exists.
I will believe in
god when you can prove to me that he / she / it
exists.
When Christians say they have «faith in
God or salvation, they are also saying that they are choosing to believe in something that may not
exist.
People are too conceited to want to believe that
when they die, they cease to
exist, so viola, in their pea brains
God exists to satisfy their own sense of self importance through an afterlife and continued existence beyond life.
I'll lead my life the best way I can and if a
God should
exist I'm sure they'll be able to judge you accordingly
when the time comes.
If you believe in
God / Christ, then you have peace that no more suffering, pain, death, bickering among humans, corruption, death, and all of mankinds evil deeds, etc. etc. will
exist when you exit this earth.
Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities About Human Nature By Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown Templeton, 168 Pages, $ 17.95 There was a time
when people worried whether
God existed.
Most Christians don't understand how others might see it as hate
when they make the claim that their heaven & heII
exists and that those not invited to heaven are going to go to heII to be tormented and tortured for eternity and the only way to salvation is to accept their
God as your Lord and Savior... They think to themselves that they are just trying to help by condemning those they dislike and who don't worship the same way they do, but that doesn't change it from what it is, «hate filled».
When we begin to learn this way, that
God exists in this council structure with other divine beings that he calls
gods, we begin to learn the only true
God and what kind of a being we have got to worship.»
When it is satisfied, «
gods do not
exist» will then be a claim that requires proof.
When you say
God doesn't
exist, you are saying most of your neighbors are actually borderline insane.
These things can only
exist when we tap into the creative heart of
God.
And for the record,
when you can prove Santa Claus doesn't
exist I'll accept your pathetic defense for your inability to produce any evidence your
god exists.
When you can prove
God exists, then you will have my ear, until such time I will continue to believe you are a fool for devoting your life to something for which there is no evidence.
When the early church fathers spoke of
God's apatheia (often translated «impassability»), what they had in mind was
God's constancy, reliability, and complete sovereignty over everything that
exists outside of himself.
When you all can prove that
God don't
exist, then you will have my ear, until such time seek
GOD he is calling you and stop being fools.
There was never a time
when God did not
exist.
You seem to imply that with the emptying
God the Father ceased to
exist and that
when «it was finished,» the Son ceased to
exist.
It's very difficult to continue believing in a
god - or a devil, a heaven, a hell -
when there is no evidence that any of them
exist.
@Kenrick Benjamin: «
When you all can prove that
God don't
exist, then you will have my ear, until such time seek
GOD he is calling you and stop being fools.»
So,
when posting on a «faith and belief» blog, the onus is on me to prove to a skeptical internet atheist that
God exists?
there never has been — and
when taken in context — it's clear to anyone with even basic critical thinking skills that
gods do not
exist.
Faith, on the other hand, persists, whether we believe in something or in nothing, that
God exists or He doesn't, that the world will still be here
when you wake tomorrow... that's all faith.
There are facts - such as fulfilled Biblical prophecies and the effects in people's lives
when they follow
God - that indicate that
God does
exist.
I really like reading peoples» posts
when they feel as if since the world isn't a perfect place then
God must not
exist.
When you can prove that your
god exists, maybe, just maybe I'll consider it.
When you guys get together, do you sit around and stare since there's really nothing to talk about religion-wise, because, well,
God doesn't
exist?