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Author Topic:   What specific evidence would people require to believe in God's existence?
Taz
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Message 186 of 222 (417183)
08-19-2007 8:46 PM
Reply to: Message 184 by georgeculolias
08-19-2007 8:29 PM


geor writes:
Is the existence of life evidence that there MIGHT be a God?
Is the existence of engineering flukes evidence of gremblins?
It's not proof, as a doubter can and does choose to believe that all of nature's intricacies and even his own life are derived from nothing and were only a coincidence.
This is an outright lie. If anything, doubters like myself are more humble and thus realize that there are much we can try to learn from life and nature. We don't pretend to invoke a "goddunit" as an explanation everytime we hit an intellectual wall.
But could this same doubter CHOOSE to believe that all this intricacy, beauty and so many other things we don't understand in this world might actually be evidence that there is something else at work?
I don't know.
My question is not whether it is or isn't evidence of God's existence. My question only asks, could it be evidence, if a person wanted to choose that position and if it could, doesn't that put US in the position of CHOOSEING faith or doubt?
Could you rephrase the question so it's easier for us to read and interpret? Hint: don't use commas in random places.

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