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Would you rather know there is a God 100% from facts and data or believe in a God with the unknown still there? [Spirituality & Religion]

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GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M Best Comment
I not only know and believe that God lives but I know Him on a personal basis through His Holy Spirit of Truth.
Fernie · F
@GodSpeed63 you KNOW nothing
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Fernie Really? What makes you say that?
Fernie · F
@GodSpeed63 you have NO tangible proof...none...not one scrap of proof...you just SAY you do. There IS no proof.Just nonsensical stories and fairy tales.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Fernie
you have NO tangible proof...none...not one scrap of proof...you just SAY you do. There IS no proof.Just nonsensical stories and fairy tales.

So, where's your evidence and proof that God doesn't lives?
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@GodSpeed63 Where's the compelling necessity to even make the postulation of magical entities in the first place?
Fernie · F
@GodSpeed63 my proof is that there has NEVER been any proof any god exists and that is a typically asinine question godbots ALWAYS ask when they have no facts to present.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Fernie
my proof is that there has NEVER been any proof any god exists and that is a typically asinine question godbots ALWAYS ask when they have no facts to present.

Is that your best answer? It doesn't even hold a drop of water. If you must, you can try again.
Fernie · F
@GodSpeed63 I'm so embarrassed for you and your ilk.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@newjaninev2
Where's the compelling necessity to even make the postulation of magical entities in the first place?

There is none for magical entities. You're barking up the wrong tree, as usual.
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@GodSpeed63 So, no compelling necessity to make such a postulation... why make it?

We can simply drop the postulation into the bin and we lose nothing, because the postulation gained us nothing to start with.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@Fernie
I'm so embarrassed for you and your ilk.

Don't be. Be embarrassed for yourself for not looking into matters before making a wise conclusion.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@newjaninev2
So, no compelling necessity to make such a postulation... why make it?

If you had good news to share, wouldn't you share it whether people believed you or not?
Fernie · F
@GodSpeed63brilliant comeback from someone who has deliberately suspended rational thinking. I'm done. godbots are so draining
Pherick · 41-45, M
@GodSpeed63 There is an island I need you to visit ...
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@GodSpeed63 Your 'news' is centred around an unnecessary postulation. Why make something up when there's no compelling necessity to do so?
@Pherick Oh, I’ve thought about that. And you know that young man is being seen as a martyr, not as someone who chose to encroach uninvited, unwanted and illegally, on people who had their own established lives and belief system, because he thought he knew better. At some point it becomes arrogance. 😳
Pherick · 41-45, M
@bijouxbroussard Agreed, the arrogance level is insanely high. Especially when discounting the fact that those people didn't want him there, that he could wipe out the entire tribe just by spreading germs they don't have antibodies for.

An act of extreme hubris and I am going to just say it, he was mentally ill.
21stCenturyFox · 26-30, F
@GodSpeed63 And here we witness a fine example of what's called the eternal debate. The believer hopes to get away without ever honestly reasoning and the disbeliever without ever honestly desiring; these two biases- equally stagnated in weak understanding. Whether God exists or not isn't even a principle issue in the discerning of truth. Only the uninformed argue about this.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@21stCenturyFox
And here we witness a fine example of what is called the eternal debate. The one party hopes to get away without ever reasoning and the other without ever desiring; these two biases- equally stagnated in weak understanding. Whether God exists or not isn't even a principle issue in the discerning of truth. Only the uninformed argue about this.

That can be true in the sense that we all tend to have the desire to be right and truth be hanged.
21stCenturyFox · 26-30, F
@GodSpeed63 There is such a thing as errant certitude.

PS: You're both right. The existence of God can be obliquely disproved, but the suggested burden of proof is insufficient to this task. And you're both right. There is eternal life, but it is a function of nature- unassisted by the supernatural.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@21stCenturyFox
There is such a thing as errant certitude.

You're going to find out sooner or later that this world we live in is like a fence with those pointy fence posts. You can straddle them for so long. On the right of the fence is the Truth that leads to life. On the left side of the fence is the lies that lead to death. pretty soon, you'll need to make a choice of going to the right or the left. Which will you choose?
21stCenturyFox · 26-30, F
@GodSpeed63 It isn't a matter of two choices, and to think so is indicative of poor thinking. There are four choices. Believers and disbelievers are to the left and right: each correct about one thing and wrong about the other. The fence represents full incorrectness and above them all full correctness is found.

Which will you choose?
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@21stCenturyFox Well, it's your right to believe that of course, whether it's actually true or not is a different story. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the subject.
21stCenturyFox · 26-30, F
@GodSpeed63 It's true. Bye.
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@GodSpeed63
Be embarrassed for yourself for not looking into matters before making a wise conclusion.
In my case, I did look into christianity before making a very wise decision and broke free of it. :)