So, all this talk about whether we can know if God exists or not, has really got me thinking.
We have the different views of Descartes, Kant and Anselm. For me, I can't see how we can prove God's existence with logic. Yes, we have the bible. Yes, we have historical facts and artifacts. But there is too many "what ifs". People say that Jesus and the Bible are proof that we know there is God. But couldn't it be possible that Jesus was the first magician. Maybe all the things he did and said were just magic tricks and getting people to believe what he had to say. Just like our parents get us to believe in Santa Claus when we were younger, Jesus could have been getting all kinds of people to believe in God. Then people would write about everything.
I also think about all the stories in the Bible and how they could have gotten changed from person to person and then to the person writing it. There are just so many factors to disagree that logic can't prove God's existence.
We also talked about other religions and who is right and who is wrong. I believe that there is no wrong or right answer. I think that the actual idea of God is what gives us something to live life by. Whether He is real or not, I think it's just mainly an idea. If we didn't have God or whatever we believe, to base or morals and beliefs on, then we would feel like "what are we even doing here?".
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I do agree wit u allie that there is no possible way to prove Gods existence logically even though we have the bible. We know that God exist basically on faith. If you believe in him then he is real, if you dont then he is not real. I also agree with the fact that believing in things gets us through life like believing in Santa Claus, like you said, the easter bunny, and etc. The topic of God is a very hard topic to discuss but what i know is that there had to be someone who created us and the world so for me, there is a GOD.
I agree with both you and star, and many other philosophers in that God's existence cannot be proved, and that is, well, how we have the concept of faith, i believe.
Like the question was posed in the discussion, i think that we as humans need some idea of something greater than us to live life by; thus coming into the whole moral aspect. But in the end we really know so little that we could be wrong about this whole concept in general.
How do we know? WE DONT!and never will.
that fu*kin sucks
I wish I had enough faith to be sure of something but I don't
I want to believe and I do pray but sometimes I wonder if i am nuts for talking to someone we can not prove.
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