Is there a God?

[THE Grob]

Yup.

[Valrifell]

Once again, the thought that there is a god or not is subjective until it is scientifically proven that a god is real or not.
It is futile to argue about this and any of your points will likely get nowhere. It's fun to debate about it, but you will achieve nothing in the process except making somebody slightly more faithful or slightly more skeptical of their religious beliefs.

Science literally can not prove that which is unfalsifiable, and most modern interpretations of a god are mysterious and incorporeal, who work in "mysterious ways" and can't directly be measured.

That is to say, empiricism can't disprove entirely philosophical concepts such as the possibility of an afterlife or a higher power.

[San Lumen]

I believe there is some sort of higher power. I find it hard to believe that something came from nothing.

Oh boy, you're not going to like particle physics.

But also: where, then, do you think this "higher power" came from?

Who knows? But i had two experiences in Israel that I cannot find any rational explanation for that convinced me there is some sort of higher power.

[Socialist States of Ludistan]

Probably not, but if there is chances are that it’s not any of the gods we humans believe in, there is endless possibilities for who or what god is and how the world got created, so the chances that one of our 2500 gods are the actual god are close to impossible. I of course hope there is a god, but chances are that there isn’t, and if there is it won’t matter in the end since no one probably believed in that kind of god.

[Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum]

Create a survey ''maybe'' please have this option

[San Lumen]

Create a survey ''maybe'' please have this option

I second there should be a poll

[Sanghyeok]

I believe there is some sort of higher power. I find it hard to believe that something came from nothing.

Oh boy, you're not going to like particle physics.

But also: where, then, do you think this "higher power" came from?

Please don't. We don't need another discussion.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

I don’t believe any God exists, no. I don’t see any reason to believe one does exist since there’s nothing compelling to suggest that one does.

[Drew Durrnil]

I think we live in a simulation

[Neanderthaland]

I haven't seen much evidence besides "we can't see it so it doesn't exist," so have you seen something else?

Reminds me of a story where an atheist debates a priest. Dunno the source though, it was a long time ago when I read it. Or I am just making the story up based on fractured memories.

The atheist said: "There is no evidence that God exists because we never see him", or something along the lines, to which the priest responded by pulling his pants down and showed his butt to the atheist, saying: "You have never seen my butt before, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist!"

You do the interpretation.

The asshole priest probably thinks he is very clever, but there's mountains of evidence for butts. Every vertebrate we've ever seen seems to have one. And so - unless he is spineless - it's not particularly outrageous to suppose the priest has one too.

The belief in God is much more like the belief in a cryptid. Like bigfoot. It's not technically impossible that such a thing exists. And some people have presented some evidence for it. But all of it is bad evidence.
A lot of the "evidence" has been proven false. Not a bit of it has ever been shown to be true in any kind of objective way. And there's a huge history of fraud.

And so while a reasonable person would have to concede that bigfoot might technically be out there (we can't prove it's not), it's also reasonable to conclude that there's no good reason to believe in bigfoot, and that bigfoot probably doesn't exist.

[Valentine Z]

I think we live in a simulation

Ohh we do live in a society.

[The Blaatschapen]

There is no God.

There is a goddess though

[Aureumterra]

I have spoken to him, he has guided me, and answered my prayers multiple times. I do have faith in God, against my rational scientific judgement, due to personal experience

EDIT: I want to clarify that he hasn’t spoken to me audibly, rather telepathically of sorts… it’s hard to explain

[San Lumen]

I have spoken to him, he has guided me, and answered my prayers multiple times. I do have faith in God, against my rational scientific judgement, due to personal experience

EDIT: I want to clarify that he hasn’t spoken to me audibly, rather telepathically of sorts…

I will admit I used to be agnostic but I had two experiences when i visited Israel that defy any explanation and made believe there is some sort of higher power.

[Major-Tom]

I don't know. There are so many world religions and traditions that it's near impossible that your god of choice is the correct one, I've always thought that was strange, the notion that there are thousands of faiths but just having the confidence that yours is right because you were born into it.

That said - there could be something greater than us, I'm really not sure. Perhaps not an omnipresent, all-knowing being, but something. But maybe there's nothing. I can't claim to know.

[New Jeromia]

With God, you cannot prove their existence nor disprove it. I believe in some higher power because I have had results when I prayed. But sometimes I wonder if it's just my imagination. Either way, belief in a god (or multiple), for some, can give you a sense of security, whether they are real or just in your mind.

[Nuroblav]

There's not really evidence for there being one, nor is there one outright saying so. Either way it doesn't matter - coming from someone who is religious in some sense (not an Abrahamic one).

I think it tends to get created out of a fear of the unknown. People afraid of what will happen after death, or worried that there was no guidance for people, or explanation for how things came to be. So they turned to providing an explanation themselves. My criticism of a lot of religion is a slight habit of it being forced onto people or generations, or else face 'eternal punishment'. From my perspective this is damaging especially on mental health. Also, religion often just gets used as a good guy badge: it's easy to say 'I believe in _____', but much harder to do.

So here's my thoughts: believe what you want to believe, but understand that there are many paths in life. Good people come from many walks of life: there are great people who do not believe in a God, as well as good people who do. Vice versa, terrible people have held religious beliefs and forced them onto others, same with non-religious people. Thus it is not about what your religious beliefs are, it's more what you do with them.

EDIT: I might elaborate more on my beliefs in a dispatch at some point

[Heloin]

To paraphrase David Mitchell, no one has come up with an answer to what the hell is going on to an adequate degree that everyone else has dropped there stupid faiths and/or science crap and agreed that that's the hell that's going on.

[Valrifell]

There is no God.

There is a goddess though

Is She single?

[Aureumterra]

I have spoken to him, he has guided me, and answered my prayers multiple times. I do have faith in God, against my rational scientific judgement, due to personal experience

EDIT: I want to clarify that he hasn’t spoken to me audibly, rather telepathically of sorts…

I will admit I used to be agnostic but I had two experiences when i visited Israel that defy any explanation and made believe there is some sort of higher power.

I was an agnostic for a while, before he answered my prayers in ways that are too extreme to be mere coincidences

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

"That's the epsode, have a merry Christmas and I guess we will find out if god has abandoned us or not."-Ross Scott Dec 25, 2019

I don't have much of anything to say on this thread but I just want to point out this thing Ross said.

[Valrifell]

I will admit I used to be agnostic but I had two experiences when i visited Israel that defy any explanation and made believe there is some sort of higher power.

I was an agnostic for a while, before he answered my prayers in ways that are too extreme to be mere coincidences

But you have to wonder why he answered your prayers, specifically, right?

[Kowani]

If there is a god, they’re a giant troll.


But more likely, they don’t exist due t’being impossible.

[Kiu Ghesik]

"That's the epsode, have a merry Christmas and I guess we will find out if god has abandoned us or not."-Ross Scott Dec 25, 2019

I don't have much of anything to say on this thread but I just want to point out this thing Ross said.

2020 is proof enough as to the answer to that question.

[Chan Island]

No.

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