God does not exist

Discussion in 'Christianity' started by Maelstrom, Sep 28, 2012.

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  1. Still Kicking

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    Sorry, I missed this part in my last reply. Actually, no one has any hope of contending with someone who consistently and apparently intentionally misinterprets what other people are saying.
    I am at no disadvantage at all, since I can clearly see what you are doing.
    I have no desire to "present myself well" in a conversation with you, I could care less if I ever talked to the likes of you ever again. You have nothing going for you that would ever make me think you are someone I could care less about talking with.
    I don't need to transcend any position, ignorant or otherwise. This is just a forum. People talk about all sorts of things in places like this. Usually though, they talk about the same thing, which you seem to be incapable of. We could never establish who is ignorant or not, since wouldn't be able to stay on that topic long enough to finish the conversation. I doubt you even understand the meaning of the word ignorance, and would be unable to use it as it was meant to be used.
     
  2. Maelstrom

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    Quite the ego.
     
  3. thedope

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    To doubt is to be uncertain. To be uncertain is to lack knowledge. To lack knowledge is to be ignorant.

    Like I said, if you want to communicate you need to transcend your ignorant position, because you are just not getting it.
     
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    Let's see if there is one to match.
    The I am I call myself is the same I am you call yourself.
    Our humanity is common.
     
  5. thedope

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    There is a qualifier to that statement, if. If it is perceived that I am attempting to take some kind of unequal approach, changing the subject or intentionally misinterpreting, then there is no hope of contending on an equal basis. Not because still kicking is not equal but because he doesn't trust that others share his humanity to a sufficient level. Because he believes I am unequal to him, i.e. intentionally twisting his words.
     
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    un·cer·tain

    [uhn-sur-tn] Show IPA
    adjective 1. not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.

    2. not confident, assured, or free from hesitancy: an uncertain smile.

    3. not clearly or precisely determined; indefinite; unknown: a manuscript of uncertain origin.

    4. vague; indistinct; not perfectly apprehended: an abstruse novel with uncertain themes.

    5. subject to change; variable; capricious; unstable: a person of uncertain opinions.

    Like I said:


    " I doubt you even understand the meaning of the word ignorance, and would be unable to use it as it was meant to be used."
    So, here you go, maybe this will help you in future conversations:

    ig·no·rant
    [ig-ner-uh nt] Show IPA
    adjective 1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.

    2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.

    3. uninformed; unaware.

    4. due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.


    When and if you ever have a better understanding of the English language, and quit using your made up philosophical bullshit in conversations, then look me up and maybe we can have an intelligent conversation.
     
  7. thedope

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    You laugh about that all the time because those who believe whatever, are less than natural beings?
    So this is where it begins still kicking.

    How does the question, "do you know what the definition of supernatural is?",
    answer the question that I asked above? You asked one question in your statement, "you know what is even funnier".

    Fact is I don't know why you find people as funny who regard themselves as enlightened and still believe in supernatural beings, so I have no way of gauging what would be funnier than that or not. So I ask the question that I asked because such phenomena are far more common than not and even the brightest can be deceived in their assumptions. Consequently the fun I imagine must come in ridiculing what you think is sub-par, or, less than natural, or certainly, beneath you.

    You are mistaken that I misinterpret you and you are mistaken that I am misinterpreting you intentionally and you are mistaken that I was trying to change the subject. Because my testimony to you is that I did not misinterpret and because your testimony following mine, is contradicting mine,
    that is tantamount to calling me a liar. A better outcome could have been had, in quicker order, had you answered my question, or if you didn't understand it, ask what I meant, instead of reacting with suspicion.

    Thus far as I understand your position, I don't find it funny, just rude.
     
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    I took the liberty of highlighting the synonymous conjugations of the words
    uncertain and ignorant, so that you may add to your reading comprehension and abandon your ignorant, new word now, posturing.
     
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    As one will notice, since thedope cannot prove that God exists, s/he is resorting to grammar lessons.
     
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    We know god exists because we witness objective constituents that match some, not all, of the definitions we have recorded for the word god.
    The question, what is god, is far more salient in understanding human experience, than the argument, god does or doesn't exist.

    As far as grammar lessons pertaining to the subject of god, the language of god is a grammar as in,
    analytic system: a systematic treatment of the elementary principles of a subject and their interrelationships.
     
  11. PEACEFUL LIBRA

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    Existence itself is God.
     
  12. thedope

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    There is an entry that coincides with this statement


    something that dominates: something that is so important that it takes over somebody's life
     
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    Sorry, but flowery language is not proof of God's existence.
     
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    All words are symbols of conditions. Plainest language is sufficient.
     
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    Just because there are words for things does not mean those things exist. I have already mentioned this in another context, but you seem to not comprehend it. Man conceives of many things and has words for many things that do not exist in reality. Dragons and faeries, for instance.
     
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    In this case the word represents in many instances common experience regardless of belief.

    The definition above is an example, the word god meaning, something that dominates. It is quite meaningful to say anyone's motivating ideal is their god.
    It is quite meaningful to say in human experiential terms that the sun is a god, that is by definition.
    The sun dominating the energetic cycles of the solar system.
     
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    Have to spread the knowledge.

    [​IMG]
     
  18. Still Kicking

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    classic!
     
  19. thedope

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    Yes dragons and faeries are conceptions and they exist as such. Do you know what a dragon looks like? I bet you have a conception of one. Do you know what a god looks like? I bet you have a conception of one, maybe even more than one. As a matter of fact I believe you have stated your conception of god to be a delusion. A delusion or a dream consists of measurable brain activity.

    The only way you can make god not exist is to try to narrowly and stereotypically define what you mean by god. And even in that the description itself would belie your effort.

    Tell me, does love exist? Maybe you can tell me how much it weighs or whether you can find it on sale.
     
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    What do you think it classically represents?
     
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