Let's leavout the Christian god.

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Let's leavout the Christian god.

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How many of you agree with me that these creator gods don't exist and why?

African contexts:
Mbombo of Bakuba mythology, who vomited out the world upon feeling a stomach ache
Egyptian mythology
Atum in Ennead, whose semen becomes the primal components of the universe
Ptah creating the universe by speaking
Unkulunkulu in Zulu mythology
American contexts:
Nanabozho (Great Rabbit), Ojibway deity, a shape-shifter and a cocreator of the world[2][3]
Coatlicue in Aztec mythology
Viracocha in Inca mythology
A trickster deity in the form of a Raven in Inuit mythology
Asian contexts:
El or the Elohim of Canaanite religion
Esege Malan in Mongolian mythology, king of the skies
Kamuy in Ainu mythology, who built the world on the back of a trout
Izanagi and Izanami-no-Mikoto in Japanese mythology, who churned the ocean with a spear, creating the islands of Japan
Marduk killing Tiamat in the Babylonian Enûma Eliš
Vishvakarman in Vedic mythology, responsible for the creation of the universe (while in later Puranic period, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are for creation, maintenance and destruction, respectively)
European contexts:
The sons of Borr slaying the primeval giant Ymir in Norse mythology
Rod in Slavic mythology
Ipmil or Radien-Attje (Radien Father) in Sami mythology
Oceanic contexts:
Ranginui, the Sky Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother in M�ori mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_deity
Now I don't believe in them because I have no reason to.

Why don't you?
Or
Why do you?
What the world needs now
Is love sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just to little of.
No not just for some
But for everyone

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Re: Let's leavout the Christian god.

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[Replying to post 1 by Joab]

I can't say if they exist in reality or not. Those who believe in them indeed, make them 'exist' - in a very abstract way.

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connermt wrote: [Replying to post 1 by Joab]

I can't say if they exist in reality or not. Those who believe in them indeed, make them 'exist' - in a very abstract way.
Isn't that how all gods exist?

Because people believe in them?

These gods allegedly created everything, why don't people believe that?

I don't because I don't believe in gods.

What is the excuse that god believers use for not believing in them?
What the world needs now
Is love sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just to little of.
No not just for some
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[Replying to post 3 by Joab]
Isn't that how all gods exist?
Sure seems to be that way, no?
These gods allegedly created everything, why don't people believe that?
Might have to ask them - IDK... :-k
What is the excuse that god believers use for not believing in them?
Because the bible.
'Nuff said ;)

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Is there a problem with how I posed the question? Or is it a case of not having an answer?
What the world needs now
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It's the only thing
That there's just to little of.
No not just for some
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Re: Let's leavout the Christian god.

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Post by Zzyzx »

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[Replying to post 1 by Joab]

No evidence is required to NOT believe something.

People can propose any harebrained idea and ask to be believed. The default position for a reasoning person should be to not believe unless convincing evidence is presented.
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Non-Theist

ANY of the thousands of "gods" proposed, imagined, worshiped, loved, feared, and/or fought over by humans MAY exist -- awaiting verifiable evidence

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