This is more of a topic for atheists and agnostics, but I will leave this open as a general religious debate to encourage free discussion for all perspectives to weigh in.
What would it take for you, personally, to accept that a god or gods exist?
I want you to think deeply on this... Think about your toolset that you use to distinguish what's real and what's not. Are you skeptically minded? What would it take to satisfy your skepticism?
Does a god need to be intelligent to be a god? Does a god need to be super natural to be a god? Does a god need to objectively exist to be a god, or can it exist within the confines of your mind or personal experiences in life? Is the label of "god" just weighed down by too much presumptive baggage?
I know this is a question that's been raked over a million times, but I guess what I'm getting at is that I want to know what each person's idea of god is, and what it would take for this god to live up to your personal expectations of what roles it should fill before you would use the label of "god" in reference to it. How would this god influence the lives of others (if at all)?
What would it take for you, personally, to accept that a god or gods exist?
I want you to think deeply on this... Think about your toolset that you use to distinguish what's real and what's not. Are you skeptically minded? What would it take to satisfy your skepticism?
Does a god need to be intelligent to be a god? Does a god need to be super natural to be a god? Does a god need to objectively exist to be a god, or can it exist within the confines of your mind or personal experiences in life? Is the label of "god" just weighed down by too much presumptive baggage?
I know this is a question that's been raked over a million times, but I guess what I'm getting at is that I want to know what each person's idea of god is, and what it would take for this god to live up to your personal expectations of what roles it should fill before you would use the label of "god" in reference to it. How would this god influence the lives of others (if at all)?