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Angry Dragon

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6. You are making a unverified assumption

Reply to MarkCharles (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 04:28 PM

Feb 2012

How does one measure the mind??
And what are the facts to back up your claim of imperfect minds??

And seeing how there are billions of gods how do you know that all of them are fabrications??
Where is your proof??

Have you investigated all of them??

edit: changed 'how' to 'have'

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What is God? [View all] MarkCharles Feb 2012 OP

No two people look at god the same way Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #1

So kind of proves my bold-lettered point, I guess. MarkCharles Feb 2012 #2

You are making a unverified assumption Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #6

"Unverified assumption" or "theory"? MarkCharles Feb 2012 #8

You made the statements, not I Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #9

The burden of proof for extraordinary claims, of course, mr blur Feb 2012 #11

What claim did I make?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #12

Once again tama Feb 2012 #18

Good question KT2000 Feb 2012 #3

Christian...the word is a soup to nuts term, for sure. MarkCharles Feb 2012 #4

God is the imprint of our primary caregivers from early childhood in our limbic system. yodermon Feb 2012 #5

God is a fig newton of your imagination. nt rrneck Feb 2012 #7

God is whatever each individual decides. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #10

Or as that individual tama Feb 2012 #17

I thought the atom had been divided already Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #23

It's Greek tama Feb 2012 #24

Indeed there is. Thanks for the etymology. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #27

A quiz? tama Feb 2012 #29

That doesn't sound very different from a figment of one's imagination... Silent3 Feb 2012 #19

What else could God be than a figment of one's imagination? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #25

Like Spider Man or Darth Vader then? Silent3 Feb 2012 #28

Friends and family exist in my reality. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #30

Why bother saying something like, "If one believes in a god, then god exists for that individual"? Silent3 Feb 2012 #31

Why "bother"? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #33

It's important to some people to think that Obama is a Kenyan-born socialist... Silent3 Feb 2012 #36

It is important for some people to change the personal beliefs of others. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #37

It seems everywhere except where he is needed. n/t Bonhomme Richard Feb 2012 #13

I think that would be Superman. nt Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #26

Which one? GliderGuider Feb 2012 #14

God is the reality beyond our imagination. (n/t) spin Feb 2012 #15

Self-love tama Feb 2012 #16

Or mental masturbation... Silent3 Feb 2012 #20

Does mental masturbation tama Feb 2012 #21

Easy Plantaganet Feb 2012 #22

Smile ON a dog? tama Feb 2012 #32

I think the answer may be along these lines: laconicsax Feb 2012 #34

God is the rejection of the dualism which seeks to divide the universe into "it" and "you" napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #35

God is a spirit infinitely perfect. mia Feb 2012 #38

Another atheist preacher pusing his religion. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #39

Sure edhopper Feb 2012 #41

If you need to tell yourself that at night to sleep better, thats your business. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #42

"God" can be the realization that everything is perfect exactly as it is. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #40