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Existence of God: Your take.
Title says it all.
I started this as an off-shoot from another thread that was starting to go off track. However, I think this topic can be and should be discussed in a civil manner. I certainly hope this does not turn into a "Bash [insert-religion here]" festival or "Bash Atheists"-athon. Religion is not the main topic - the existence of God is.
I think it would work well if everyone would just state how they feel WRT the existence of a creator and make that - not the "fallability" of faith, the "fallability" of a lack-of faith, or any such nonsense. State your opinion - if it happens to be faith based (for or against), the other side should let it be. This will avoid any needless "Faith is [indirect insult]..." or "Lack of faith is [indirect insult]...", when that is NOT condusive to understanding the other side. The topic is whether you think God exists, and why - not WHY another persons faith is wrong.
However, in the case that someone is willing to make a logical argument for the existence of God (believe me, they are there), that could surely be debated without the introduction of the faith topic as the driving force, or even the arguable induction of the Big Bang question (for Atheists, this may have a place in the beginning of our Universe). I may introduce a few theories on the existence of a creator in a few minutes just to give an idea of this concept.
So, now the question: Do you believe in the existence of a God? Do you believe God does not exist? Do you believe it can even be known (Agnosticism)? What has led you to believe this way?
Sub-questions to think about - If so, do you believe in a Personal God (Christianity, Judaism) or a Peripheral God (Deism, Pantheism)? Do you believe in the Big Bang Theory, or some other scientific set-of ideas that may explain the beginning of our Universe? What has led you to believe this way?
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