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Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts) Fri Feb 24, 2012, 02:01 PM Feb 2012

There is a lot of talk in this forum about god [View all]

Whether he/she exists, number of gods, etc.

To know whether a god exists I would think that one first has to define what a god is.
I have never seen that spelled out here.

How can one have a discussion about god if you do not know the definition??

So let's get a definite definition

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There is a lot of talk in this forum about god [View all] Angry Dragon Feb 2012 OP

Lol - you first. cbayer Feb 2012 #1

I can not believe in the god of the Bible Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #5

Fair enough. We can just say what we don't think god is. cbayer Feb 2012 #9

A Manifestation Of Man 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #17

If that is what works for you, go with it. cbayer Feb 2012 #18

A question with many answers. It's personal and it is all about faith. I'm virgogal Feb 2012 #2

Those are the answers I am looking for Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #6

If it's personal you get to decide for yourself what it is. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #37

By defintion, God cannot be defined. rug Feb 2012 #3

I wonder how you can say that without providing a definition?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #7

The only definition that's accurate is limitlessness. rug Feb 2012 #20

Okay Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #21

Conscious, limitless existence. rug Feb 2012 #22

Something other than the kind of thing you can prove doesn't exist Silent3 Feb 2012 #4

I know you can do better than that Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #8

He Who Cannot Be Disproved can do better than that Silent3 Feb 2012 #16

Based on your responses so far, I would say this is primarily goading. cbayer Feb 2012 #10

I am not goading Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #12

I like your definition. cbayer Feb 2012 #13

Thank you Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #15

There isn't one. You only get to have A definition if you pick A true religion. saras Feb 2012 #11

Would post #12 kinda fit into this?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #14

God bongbong Feb 2012 #19

How about this edhopper Feb 2012 #23

If there is, I would answer thusly cbayer Feb 2012 #26

Its like asking: Where in this movie IS the producer? napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #28

Yes I effect the physical world. edhopper Feb 2012 #29

As soon as one encounters the wave theory of matter, physics and metaphysics blur together. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #30

Bohm was an interesting and very strange character onager Feb 2012 #31

Gardner defends a staunchly positivist viewpoint I no longer share. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #32

I became tama Feb 2012 #61

More pointers! GliderGuider Feb 2012 #76

Ah, those oldies goodies! tama Feb 2012 #77

Anyone who wants me to dismiss Sarfatti and Bohm's holographic theories out of hand GliderGuider Feb 2012 #84

Well, Uri Geller is definitely woo. onager Feb 2012 #78

Shall we drop Bohm into the same scientific trash bin as Newton and Kepler then? GliderGuider Feb 2012 #81

U.G. Krishnamurti tama Feb 2012 #82

My answer to #5 is perfectly rational. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #40

Sorry, edhopper Feb 2012 #42

Well now there's an interesting read. Sheldrake. Never heard of him, thanks. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #52

It's related tama Feb 2012 #59

Sheldrake's empirical evidence? edhopper Feb 2012 #69

Nope nt tama Feb 2012 #73

Thanks Tama. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #79

Get off Sheldrake and answer my quandary. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #80

Reductivist nonesense. edhopper Feb 2012 #83

He? That's a pretdty bad start nt Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #36

Yup tama Feb 2012 #62

Most objective god-concepts are cultural constructs, which means they vary as much as cultures do. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #24

Consensus forming? tama Feb 2012 #27

The Valfather Tyrs WolfDaemon Feb 2012 #25

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia... onager Feb 2012 #33

Defining God Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #34

That is a well-thought and insightful post, and I agree. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #35

That is a good question tama Feb 2012 #49

Very nice. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #38

So you've basically dismissed the religious beliefs skepticscott Feb 2012 #39

Its like this. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #41

Rashomon cbayer Feb 2012 #43

Your bias really is ridiculous skepticscott Feb 2012 #46

Oh dear. You are confusing opinion with bias. cbayer Feb 2012 #53

Your "opinion" is biased, so no...there's no confusion on my part. skepticscott Feb 2012 #56

Petty politics tama Feb 2012 #60

Yes, post #43 was politics, and rather petty and lame to boot. skepticscott Feb 2012 #66

I liked it too tama Feb 2012 #68

That analogy assumes that this "god" is an actual thing outside the window, like an SUV. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #44

My analogy doesn't dismiss that possibility at all. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #47

Are you familiar tama Feb 2012 #50

Thanks for reminding me of that! Though it takes on a different meaning on DU... napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #51

Obviously tama Feb 2012 #58

Nice try, but big fail at understanding skepticscott Feb 2012 #45

The fail is yours. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #48

And now you backpedal completely from your analogy skepticscott Feb 2012 #55

All I hear is more sectarian shouting about how I should think. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #57

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #65

"an idea so clearly true that everybody can get behind it" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #63

And yet tama Feb 2012 #64

No, there isn't 'a huge amount' of such evidence muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #67

Denial of evidence tama Feb 2012 #71

hmmm handmade34 Feb 2012 #54

This is a pretty good summary IMO. And today, so much is based on fear - that's RKP5637 Feb 2012 #72

IMO God is a myth used by those wanting power to seek, gain and maintain that power. God is RKP5637 Feb 2012 #70

It can be that too tama Feb 2012 #74

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #75