dianaiad
Well-Known Member
Maybe this may not come as a high level discussion, but I just wish to know some views on "Can God be proven to exist". I am a theist, and I do personally believe that this proving God exists thing can never be done. I also believe that various people have varying concepts of God and most of us judge by our personal standards.
Thank you in advance.
- But as an Atheist, what would you think is evidence of a God to exist?
- Also, as a theist, what would you accept as evidence?
- And if you have the patience to write a little more, what is the concept of God you have in your mind?
Perhaps God may be proven to exist...but not by me. Why?
Probably because "God" (the concept) seems to be a matter of trust and faith...weighing the evidence one accepts personally, and going with the probabilities. If there is even a tenth of a tenth of a hundredth of a percent chance (and you can add any numbers to that you like) that there might be another explanation for something, then the concept 'God' has not been proven.
Or disproved.
It's all about what the individual accepts as a basis for belief.
MOST of the avowed atheists I have met have been fairly honest in this; when asked what sort of evidence would be required to prove to them that 'God is,' they say 'I don't know,' or 'God would know."
What almost every single one of 'em HAVE said, however, is that a direct appearance of God Himself to them telling them that 'Here I AM," wouldn't do it, even if it really WAS God Himself showing up. Why?
Because God wouldn't be able to prove to said atheist that He wasn't a hallucination. Even if He wasn't.
Therefore, say those atheists, they'd go with the hallucination explanation.
Now *I* think that's faith, right there, but I know I'll get some arguments about that one.