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Angry Dragon

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12. What claim did I make??

Reply to mr blur (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 05:26 PM

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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