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?
I'm a theist that insists that the existence of God can't be proved. The proof is in the pudding. If it were possible, just like in many other proofs, practically the entire planet would believe it.
In Saiva Siddhanta, the Hindu school I follow, God has three perfections: 1) absolute reality, formless, causal, beyond it all
2) primal substance, energy that flows through all form. and 3) the first soul, or the first manifestation from 1. There is no proof of this at all. It's just what we believe. We believe it mainly because of the farmer on the road analogy, where every day the farmer accurately tells the guy driving by what's over the next hill. Eventually, after 300 straight correct answers, the guy driving by begins to believe the farmer. Take that farmer and replace it with the Vedic sages, ancient and living Godmen who have all meditated deeply on the meanings of life, independently coming to the same conclusions, as well as your own independent conclusions giving strong hints at it, and you arrive at that belief.