Q&A: Volume 1
Justin,
I’m a friend of our good man Anthony. My name is Eric and I’m glad that you two gentlemen are doing this. We need more people in the world who are willing to discuss and debate in a respectful fashion. So… onto my first comment. I’m going to have to call you out, Justin. By definition, in order to have an argument, you actually have to have support, in addition to your claim. So… at this point, things actually haven’t been kicked off. “There is no God” is only a claim. Please throw some support our way. Enjoy your day.
Hey Eric! Glad to see your interest in the topic. As your post proves my initial post did it’s job in provoking a reaction ;). It was meant to get Anthony’s ass signed up so we could start discussion. That being said, let me give a little more detailed on my stance.
There is no God.
Here is the definition of God from dictionary.com:
God:
1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
2. the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute: the God of Islam.
3. (lowercase
) one of several deities, esp. a male deity, presiding over some portion of worldly affairs.
4. (often lowercase) a supreme being according to some particular conception: the god of mercy.
5. Christian Science. the Supreme Being, understood as Life, Truth, Love, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Principle.
6. (lowercase) an image of a deity; an idol.
7. (lowercase) any deified person or object.
One of these definitions could fit for any religion and as such my assertion is:
There is no ( 1 - 7 ).
Nothing points to the existence of a supreme being. Nothing points to a supreme being that is in anyway interested in the daily affairs of humanity. We have through out time made things up in order to fill in the gaps in the understanding of our surroundings. For example when we are a child we are scared of dark and our brains come up with ways of rationalizing that fear in the form of things like the boogey man. It is the light that shows us that there was nothing in our closet to fear. Eventually we grow out of believing in things like the boogey man because he never shows up. We get a better understanding of our environment and the idea of the boogey man becomes something laughable.
There is no evidence of a supreme being other than what can also be explained by non-supernatural reasons. There have been many religions before the ones that preside today and if we were to look at the evidence for their God we would all take pitty on their pointless rituals and superstitions. Ra hasn’t stopped shining the Suns light on the earth because we ceased to pray to him. Zeus’ lighting bolts don’t chase us around due to a lack of goat carcases at the base of Mt Olympus. Jesus hasn’t come back despite how badly people want him to. There is good rational explanation for these things yet religious folk through out time have found reasons to have faith.
Faith:
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another’s ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
People with faith in God believe that he exists with out any proof. They take their chances on Him existing in the hopes of eternal salvation… I have not heard of any proof for God ( if there was we wouldn’t need faith ) therefore there is no God. There is no ( 1-7 ).
Justin
1 year ago