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First, the onus is on others to first prove that God does exist. It's like saying "yeh? Prove why a flying elephant that can talk doesn't exist?" Secondly, I don't have to prove God doesn't exist. I'm agnostic. I think you mean Stephen Hawking.

Well that's nice but if you want to preach tolerance, that's just common sense and this isn't the forum for it. This is a philosophical discussion about whether God exists. We're not out to attack people here.

Your argument: 1. A woman went through terrible suffering 2. She gained hope through a belief in God C. Therefore her belief is correct It's tragic and all, but sorry, I don't buy it.

lol I think you're fishing for a challenge on that one

Well like you said, the belief is highly influential over the world.

Wow. The silence is deafening. Is there not one brave soul to put a single reason forward? I guess that means, we can officially declare there is no reason to believe in God!

A New Thread Well the first post in this thread was "how do christians explain the many billions of years that the earth existed before man." To me that is talking about how Christians reconcile a belief in God, with the idea of dinosaurs. But here you go, a thread very specifically...

The posts in the other thread didn't address this. Does God exist? Why or why not? Please state reasons, not simply "I believe this."

Exactly. Well I am arguing about the existence of God - it's a fairly straightforward and common debate. If you want to argue that, "it doesn't matter whether God exists because religion may produce the greatest good," that's a utilitarian perspective that is interesting but I am discussing...

Right. So if you have your own "personal proof" you can claim God exists, while all these people asking for a single reason why God might exist, cannot be given ONE BLOODY REASON, you think it's very convincing? Surely there are other Christians who haven't gone through some sickness but they...

Well you can understand then when no-one can give us ANY reason for belief in God, there is justifiably some question as to why the hell we would believe.

UM IT DOES HENCE I'M AGNOSTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what I said !

Well it fascinates me, it really does. I mean if I went about proclaiming that I was a time traveller from Pluto or something, people would say, "oh yeah? Prove it." If I simply said "oh well I believe I am a time traveller from Pluto," people would (a) not believe me, and (b) think I was insane!

That is an argument as to why people should believe that there is a God, not whether their belief in god is correct.

Still no reason for believing in God. Amazing! You can perpetually go on about your beliefs without giving any reasons for them. It is simply astounding. Come on now, you must have some reason for actually thinking the things you do.

I am not saying believing in God is morally wrong, I am saying that as a matter of fact and logic, there is no reason to believe there is a God, and therefore to do so is irrational. It's like someone continuously arguing that a square has 3 sides - it is not a question of whether they are...

Again with this "interpretation" thing. Either there is a God or there isn't a God. If you believe in God it's not because it is "right for you," it means you have a reason to believe in God. Such a reason however has not been presented at all in this entire debate, aside from the Bible, which...

You cannot use the Bible as proof that God exists. It is a circular, question-begging argument.

*sigh* You're missing the point entirely. What I was saying is that some things can be wrong, or incorrect.