StuartJ wrote:
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Replying to post 6 by Guy Threepwood]
I should have known better than to expect a direct answer ...
Why didn't you just name your god ...?
Does your god embarrass you and you have to obfuscate ...?
All the gods have names.
Name YOUR god and then demonstrate that it was YOUR god that did the creating.
And let me remind you AGAIN that Atheists do NOT generally say that gods do not exist.
This claim is generally a Christian falsity.
It's one of the reasons I do not trust people of faith when it comes to matters of faith.
If you asked me who I'm talking about, regarding the creator of the Rosetta stone-
it's the person who created it.
If I don't know his name, that does not mean we default to the stone spontaneously creating itself for no particular reason!
Similarly I think we can, as most do, deduce an intelligent creator for the world we see around us, as being less improbable than a chance occurrence.
His name is an interesting question.
What name do you give our star- Sun? Sol? Ra? also an interesting question, but not the most substantive one.
What we know of the sun is what we can deduce from it's effects, so too for God- call him what you will, but be nice!
I do not trust people of faith
That's kinda the point of faith! as a person of faith, I don't want you to trust me, I want you to find your own personal faith.
Whatever it is you believe in, as long as we all acknowledge our beliefs as such, we can all get along. The problems usually begin when people start declaring 'undeniable truth' don't you think?
Blind faith is faith which does not recognize itself