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Rarely have I had a visit BECAUSE of my atheism, TO convert me, per se, albeit, random visits by missionaries, fishers of men, etc, do occur.

Most purposeful conversations about religion in this context seem to involve someone finding out, casually, that I do not believe what they believe…and, their disbelief in my disbelief.

They then tend to…[Read more]

I don’t have any problem with your definition of God, principally because there’s no right or wrong definition.  The force by which everything evolves…. yes I can still go with this, because everything does evolve – some people call this force Nature, others God, others a mystery.

Now you do some quantum jumping that is a completely…[Read more]

Tom Sarbeck wrote:

What is god? 1) A club used to beat weak-minded people into submission and then rob them. 2) A form of artificial selection whose effects strong-minded people can nullify.

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Makes much more sense than what those who invented God say!

If God is creator, is God also “first cause”?

What is god?
1) A club used to beat weak-minded people into submission and then rob them.
2) A form of artificial selection whose effects strong-minded people can nullify.

You say so much about god. What is god?

I just assumed they would have had that in place years ago. And any parent who lets their child be alone with a priest?

Yes it does indeed.

David, your opening post told of events that took place in a courtroom, not of hypotheticals intended for discussion in a philosophy class. It all reads very much like special pleading.