Nobody really knows

[VerbalAbuse]

If God is like her, he PRETENDS to like it.

makes no difference to me.

 

[Wilson23]

makes no difference to me.

That probably has some kind of theological implications.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Reread the OP. You can poke holes in ANY arguments presented for God's existence, but that will not settle the question. In both scientific and philosophical terms the existence of God can never be ruled out entirely -- partly, because the concept of God can never be defined with sufficient precision to falsify it.

Ask any believer: What would it take to prove to you God does not exist? What observable events would be definitely incompatible with his existence? You will get no meaningful answers.

Nah… @SkyBubble is just afraid his God can’t stand up to scrutiny. I’m not trying to disprove any conceivable conception of God, but specifically his conception in particular.

 

[rgraham666]

The question to be asked about any belief or belief system is, are these beliefs a guideline to be a better person or an excuse to be a dick to other human beings.

It's amazing how often humans confuse the two.

 

[Wilson23]

The question to be asked about any belief or belief system is, are these beliefs a guideline to be a better person or an excuse to be a dick to other human beings.

It's amazing how often humans confuse the two.

Many belief-systems have no implications either way.

 

[SkyBubble]

Whatever they told you, it was not that quantum mechanics implies God.

It pretty much was.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Many belief-systems have no implications either way.

Judaism is pretty much “how to live in harmony with other Jews”.

Then the Christians came along and inserted a bunch of extraneous stuff about belief, the afterlife, and salvation.

They took the rules for how to be a good Jew and ruined them by insisting everyone has to follow them and ignoring selected rules they personally didn’t like.

I understand the impulse … bacon cheeseburgers are pretty yummy. But if you’re going to be a stickler for Bronze Age rules you don’t get to pick and choose.