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In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Dang - somehow this posted twice - if there's a way to delete a post it ain't obvious
August 23, 2020 at 00:16
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
There are many different threads in your post - way too many to respond to. E.g. you spend a lot of time talking about hostility & anger of non-theist...
August 22, 2020 at 20:51
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
@"amen3017" @"Punshhh" I address this not only to you but to any sincere theists who may be reading this. I have very friends who are deeply religious...
August 21, 2020 at 02:30
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
You have not given a coherent definition of the word "God". I am pointing out that all discussions of a supernatural god are poetic in nature and have...
August 20, 2020 at 02:59
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
We're looping around yet again in this conversation. You have repeatedly referred to yourself as an agnostic. But you are an agnostic only with respec...
August 19, 2020 at 14:57
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Aargh. Should have re-read my last post one more time before sending it out. I left out some key information. When I am discussing this "God topic" wi...
August 19, 2020 at 13:15
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
You first made the claim that consciousness is necessary for existence. I made counter claim. Your response was that we do not understand consciousnes...
August 19, 2020 at 01:55
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
How to Analyze the Use of Metaphors in Literature Scroll down to see a discussion of metaphors Analysing a Metaphor
August 19, 2020 at 01:45
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I have been saying this over and over to you in as many different ways as I can figure out. So yes we agree. And throughout all recorded history until...
August 19, 2020 at 01:33
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
So something that we don't know what it is - is necessary for something else that we don't know what it is? Please check out my response to 3017amen j...
August 18, 2020 at 15:59
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
This is a poetic word salad not an objective fact. The phrases "impossible to exist" and "logically necessary to exist" contradict each other. One of ...
August 18, 2020 at 15:57
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
We're still having this discussion? Given my complete lack of success in previous attempts I'm not optimistic about succeeding this time, but I'll try...
August 18, 2020 at 15:13
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
The fact that my physical body is composed of atoms - and yet I can look at myself and say "Hey, look at me, I'm composed of atoms! And hey - by golly...
August 18, 2020 at 13:02
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I have no problem with metaphors. All the religions in the world can duke it out with dueling metaphors. But as you seem to be acknowledging, poetry i...
August 18, 2020 at 00:11
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
This is more poetry. Here - I'll add a couple of more lines. I can't figure out what poetic metre this is in. The first two lines seem to have one str...
August 17, 2020 at 21:20
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
OK. Now we can proceed. Here's what we got: EricH - Please please give me a definition of the word "God" 3017amen - God is that which designed a consc...
August 17, 2020 at 14:33
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
It seems a bit redundant. If it's "a conscious being AKA Jesus", then wouldn't it be simpler to just say "Jesus"?
August 17, 2020 at 14:22
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
So here's where we are: EricH - Please please give me a definition of the word "God" 3017amen - God is that which designed a conscious being known as ...
August 17, 2020 at 14:16
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
A Small Secular Prayer I hope & pray that everyone involved in this discussion engages in productive and fulfilling activities in the real world. I ho...
August 15, 2020 at 02:33
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Here's an abbreviated summary of the conversation: EricH - What do you mean by the word "God"? 3017amen - A God who designed consciousness. EricH - Yo...
August 15, 2020 at 02:01
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[ You have not yet mentioned - in any of your attempts at definitions - who or what this specific person or thing is. If the specific thing is God, th...
August 14, 2020 at 14:58
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
One of the great things about this forum is that there are a lot of pretty articulate & intelligent people here. I've gotten a lot of good feedback - ...
August 14, 2020 at 14:47
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I'm having a bit of difficulty parsing this. While I would phrase it differently, I would basically agree with the statement that human reason is NOT ...
August 14, 2020 at 00:38
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Again, still not a definition. What does the word "that" mean?
August 14, 2020 at 00:30
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Not too shabby. I liked the way you responded to Frank's asking you to define "definition" and "coherent". Much better than anything I would have come...
August 13, 2020 at 20:58
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
You're onto something here. The sentence "God is consciousness" is not a definition - it is a poetic metaphor. I like to think that I appreciate a goo...
August 13, 2020 at 20:56
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
What is consciousness?
August 13, 2020 at 17:23
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
We seem to be in agreement on certain things. I believe we both answer no to these questions. But you seem fixated on on this space thing. Not sure ho...
August 13, 2020 at 17:22
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
You're telling me something God supposedly did. That is not a definition.
August 13, 2020 at 17:01
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
The fact that Jesus as a person may have existed is irrelevant. Billions of people have existed throughout history. And right here is the sticking poi...
August 13, 2020 at 14:59
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
No contradiction. It is up to you to make it coherent. Your moving the goalposts. You gotta stick with God.
August 13, 2020 at 14:10
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
The topic of this thread is "What are your positions on the arguments for God?" You seem to be arguing that God exists - thus it is up to you to provi...
August 13, 2020 at 12:10
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
You have correctly identified the agnostic position, but an ignostic would never say this. Ignosticism takes the position that the sentence "God exist...
August 13, 2020 at 00:55
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
:clap: :ok: I will gladly pass the ignostic baton over to you in this discussion. :grin:
August 12, 2020 at 16:51
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I am not playing any games. I have been trying to understand your positions, to attempt to put them in my own words, and to explain where our differen...
August 12, 2020 at 16:41
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Your assumption is incorrect. "does ARGDb8 have DTEDSB?" is not a question - it is a meaningless jumble of undefined words.
August 12, 2020 at 02:25
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I am trying to respond to your questions as truthfully & accurately as possible within the limits of my capabilities - and it will help me to understa...
August 12, 2020 at 01:49
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Space is not empty.
August 12, 2020 at 01:26
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Here was your #1 definition of the word "god" from several days ago. I have highlighted the important passage: And here is your latest definition.
August 11, 2020 at 20:12
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Sigh. I have answered that question multiple times in the affirmative. I'll repeat myself yet again. You have explicitly rejected the notion of the su...
August 11, 2020 at 17:39
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Before I respond I need to understand. Are you a religious person and are these your religious beliefs?
August 11, 2020 at 14:12
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
That is pretty much the opposite of my position. Obviously I have not communicated. It is the sentence/question itself that is incoherent. I'll elabor...
August 11, 2020 at 14:11
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Sorry Frank - you've got this wrong. The God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam resides in a spiritual realm. He can intervene in the physical world....
August 11, 2020 at 13:06
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Red herring here. While the character God in the Bible may sometimes manifest itself in the physical world - it's essence is non material. God "existe...
August 10, 2020 at 19:41
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Words have meaning & usages. You - Frank Apisa - have your own unique definition/usage of the word "god(s)". Under your definition, "god(s)" refers a ...
August 10, 2020 at 18:08
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
The paradigm does not fail due to any aspect/property of the physical universe. To religious people, the word "god" refers to something that does not ...
August 10, 2020 at 11:49
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Aside from simply asserting it, you have given no explanation for for the lack of success.
August 10, 2020 at 02:40
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Perhaps I have not explained myself well. When the topic of religious persecution comes up and non-believers (such as myself) point out that no one ha...
August 09, 2020 at 18:34
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I'm not following the logic here. If you accept 1 thru 3 - and have thus accepted the fact that the sentence "God Exists" has no coherent meaning - th...
August 09, 2020 at 18:03
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I wish I had an answer to this question. And it's not merely religion. How do you talk to people who believe in these bizarre conspiracy theories, or ...
August 08, 2020 at 19:37
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