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Does God exist?

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Reply 20

Sanjith Hegde123

Here is the answer:

Maybe not, we don't know, but it's probably not

Reply 21

Drez999

Original post by JMR2017

The ultimate debate: Does God exist?
What are your thoughts, does he? If so, why so? Or does he not. If not, why not?
I would love to hear some quality debate, however just a warning to please be respectful. I do not want this to turn nasty.

Short answer = No.

Long answer = No, humans evolved and were not created by an imaginary friend.

Reply 22

username612415

Original post by JMR2017

As I have said before, if God is going to give an eternal reward, he can't just hand everything to you.

Why not?

And as a follow up question, what do you believe to be the alternative fate for those who do not qualify for the "eternal reward"?

Reply 23

JMR2021_

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What do you mean by 'alternative date'.

Reply 24

username612415

Original post by JMR2017

What do you mean by 'alternative date'.

Sorry, autocorrect. It was meant to be alternative fate.

Reply 25

RogerOxon

Original post by JMR2017

As I have said before, if God is going to give an eternal reward, he can't just hand everything to you.

Why not?

Reply 26

JMR2021_

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Original post by RogerOxon

Why not?

Would you give someone £1Million if they did not believe you even existed?

Reply 27

JMR2021_

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Alternative would be hell, the default of not being in heaven.

Reply 28

username612415

Original post by JMR2017

Alternative would be hell, the default of not being in heaven.

Do you not believe it's unfair for God to send people to hell simply because they would not swallow the claim he exists without any question?

Reply 29

Plantagenet Crown

No evidence whatsoever for a deity although a general one could potentially exist. However, the more human-like deities definitely aren't real.

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Reply 30

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by FaZe Clan

People say since the recent advancements of space technology and knowledge, its clear he doesnt exist. but after learning about those things my self, for anything i am more convinced he exists...

e.g. Big Bang: how did the bug bang start. How did nothing explode.
When protons neutrons and electrons developed into atoms and then organelles, cells, bacteria, small animals ... at what point did they gain thought, emotions and consienceness...

The Big Bang didn't come from nothing, it was the expansion of a singularity. And this is kind of a moot point to make when theists believe God created the universe from nothing.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 31

queenofswords

Desperately wish he did

Reply 32

UUJBSL

i need to stop thinking about this........makes me panicky.......what happens after we die??? :afraid:

Reply 33

CraigBackner

Original post by queenofswords

Desperately wish he did

he does

Reply 34

univ4464

I think there are two different things that are being discussed - you have the god(s) from religions like Christianity and Islam which are obviously false / at the very least not the same as presented in the scripture and then you have the 'god' that is responsible for the existence of the universe and morality and all that sort of stuff. Debating about religions is from my point of view a waste of time because they are quite clearly out dated tools for controlling large groups of people.

I think to say that the big bang happened and there wasn't anything before / we can't tell what was there before so therefore there must be a god is a flawed position to have. If you look at history the concept of god is consistently used to 'explain' that which the scientific understanding can't explain. To claim that god caused the big bang is, in my eyes, bad for the development of science because it prevents the inquiry to try and discover the science behind the big bang. You can either take the position that there is a physical mechanism that resulted in the big bang and existence or that there is some mystical being that caused it. The latter is in my opinion a completely counter productive idea to have.

To put it in context, in a similar way scientists don't completely understand processes such as photosynthesis, if in those discussions you say: 'well I can't imagine a mechanism for this process to take place, therefore god causes photosynthesis to happen', this is a completely useless position to have.