Originally posted by scottishinnz
If you wish to define God as a piece of rock, that's up to you. I am referring to the Christian god here however. My point is that it is more parsimonious to believe something does not exist, until it is proven to exist - you made that point yourself with your pink flying kittens.
I've never said I could prove God; moreover, I even don't take people
very seriously who say they can either. That doesn’t mean that I do
not believe God is real, only that I don’t think I or anyone else can
prove God is real, only God can do that. I believe God does too, but
only to those that are taking Him seriously, not those that are wishy
washy and playing games with Him or running through the motions.
Which is why I believe people who are at the end of their ropes do
find God, because when they are calling on Him they are down right
serious and mean businesses in no uncertain terms.
This discussion the word "god" should be defined before we start
saying He isn't real or not. The Christian God means what? I can
think of several different types of so called gods that people push,
the OT is quite clear when they speak of God they identify who they
are talking about so it is quite plain, least someone get the wrong
idea. I don't want to assume when someone uses the word god
or God we are talking about the same one, I don't even assume
when someone uses the name Jesus we are talking about the
same Jesus either. I spent 2 hours one day talking to a couple
of Mormons who came to my home, and we were using the same
terms, grace, Jesus and so on, but we were not saying the same
thing while doing so.
Kelly