People who demand proof of God really don't want any

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   janesixposted 11 years ago

   It's sad really. They want so badly to NOT believe there is a God.
   
   There is proof of God everywhere. Just look. That's all.
   
   Heck, if you want proof, just as God Himself. He will show you proof to your heart's content.

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      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Seems to me that the demand for proof is generally in response to unsubstantiated claims that He is there coupled with a demand that the listener believe the claim and behave "appropriately" (whatever that means).
      
      Just as your claim does.  My eyes are at least as good as yours, but they see no proof.  Just rationalization by believers that want to believe so badly that they will claim anything at all as absolute proof.

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         janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Then you are not really looking.
         
         Try looking inside yourself for a start.
         
         Ask God for proof if you can't figure it out. He will oblige, happily.
         
         Do you want to know if there is a God, Wilderness?

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            getitriteposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            "Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat...that isn't there...and finding it.”
            ~~ Oscar Wilde

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            A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Are you saying we need an MRI to see God?

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            wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I would love to know the answer to that question. 
            
            Looking to my own thoughts and emotions, however, does not provide a definitive answer.  There is absolutely no way to tell where those thoughts are coming from; my own mind or were they "implanted" there by a god? 
            
            "Asking" god for help produces the same dilemma; does the answer come from own emotions and desire, or from a god that stuck the answer there?  Believers are happy to declare the answer is from God, but they cannot know that irregardless of what they may claim.  People DO have a conscience, they DO (generally) know right from wrong and they CAN make guesses as to the future.  They can produce the same answers as God can, without any intervention from Him.  No way to tell where it came from.

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      Emile Rposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I've always thought the people who continuously demand proof of God do want it. Why would they seek out religious people and ask for it? If they weren't interested; then they'd find more interesting things to do. But, I don't see how telling them the proof is all around them is helpful. If they believed that, they wouldn't be asking for proof.

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         A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         +1

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      Sapperposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Your right, lets try this. If there really is a god, show yourself to prove me wrong.........Maybe he's on his lunch break? I'll try again later.
      
      There is a difference between not wanting proof, and there not being any.
      
      On a side note, I see someone got fed after midnight again. They're all cute and cuddly till you break the rules, then this is what we get.

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         janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         This is what we get? Not sure what you mean.

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            Sapperposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            After posting that, I figured I'd time-stamp myself. It's from Gremlins, you're a troll.

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               janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Ah.
               
               How am I a troll?
               
               I profess my faith and want other's to believe, so that makes me a troll?
               
               I might be annoying to those who don't want to hear what I have to say, but it doesn't make me a troll.

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   chaoticpsycheposted 11 years ago

   I posted for proof of God and really would like proof. I desperately want to believe. I feel my life would be better if I believed in God. Some people just blindly believe. I can't do that. For me it's hard to believe in something that there is no tangible proof.

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      janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      There is no proof.
      
      There are clues.
      
      Keep seeking God, and He will give you all the proof you need.

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   tussinposted 11 years ago

   People who ask for proof of God usually do so in response to a religious person pestering them about their lack of beliefs.  Of course they don't want any proof and there is none anyway.  They just want the religious people to leave them alone and keep their religious beliefs to themselves.

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      janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Interesting. I've never once pestered someone about their lack of belief. Why do athiests insist on joining religious threads? Why don't they just stick to politics or Brittney Spears or Princess Kate's breast shots? Those are the really important issues, are they not?

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         Sapperposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         And that's why you're a troll. I knew given enough time, you'd hang yourself.

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         tussinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Indeed they are. Perhaps there is a hard-up man somewhere out there who takes Princess Kate's heavenly breasts to be evidence of God.
         
         Anyway, I didn't say you were pestering anyone.

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         A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Unfortunately, like politics, Britney Spear and breast shots of celebrities, your religion is out in the public forum where it doesn't belong and we would be very happy to ignore it entirely if it just remained behind closed doors where it does belong.

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            janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I disagree. This is a public religious forum.
            
            Me knocking on your door or posting religiosity in non-religious forums would be pestering.

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               A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               So what?
               
               
               
               But unfortunately, you support the organization, the beliefs and the commands to pester the world with that religion and you create threads and posts telling us to accept Jesus. That indeed is pestering.

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                  janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Don't read religious forums if you don't want to hear about religion. Problem solved!

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                     Mark Knowlesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     Where else to educate the ignorant?

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                        janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        Exactly , Mark
                        
                        

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                           Mark Knowlesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           Sorry you are incapable of understanding. It must be very frustrating for you.
                           
                           Try claiming Jesus instead. That seems easy.

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                     A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     Oh, I see now, you want me to shove it.
                     
                     For the record, these are public forums, not religious public forums.
                     
                     You can find a religious public forum here...
                     
                     http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/
                     
                     This is a public forum with many categories, not just religion.
                     
                     Please make a note of this for future reference. Problem solved!

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   awareposted 11 years ago

   prove gods a he?  i hope in a god.  i don't insist that god is a man. insistence isn't proof  of anything.

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      janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That was beautifully articulated. Thank you.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 11 years ago

   I would love to see proof that God exists.  Please supply some.  Or be quiet. 

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      janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I never claimed to have proof of God.
      
      I will never be quiet.

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         getitriteposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Then by your very own admission, your whole premise is completely absurd.
         
         How can you plead with others to accept something as REAL whenever you have no proof?  What a thoroughly indoctrinated mind?
         
         We demand proof.  If that is asking too much then you really are just playing childish, psychotic games.

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            janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            You are being closed minded.

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               getitriteposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               

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                  janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  I might be illogical, I'll give you that. I am not unintelligent.

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            janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Demand proof from God, not from me.
            
            I have said before, God cannot be proven in the usual manner. Only God can provide the proof to you. Ask him.

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               getitriteposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               What if I think I'm asking God, but it turns out that I'm only talking to myself...but then start believing that I'm talking to a REAL God...and start following the voices I believe to be God, but suppose that in reality, there is no God?  And I become a victim of false hope, fraud, and mental illness...Could I sue you for misrepresentation?

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                  janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Sure you could sue me, but you wouldn't be getting much.

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               A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Dear God, you have an opportunity to redeem janesix by supporting her claims.
               
               We await your proof.
               
               

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                  janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  I'm very proud of you! You're on the right track now.

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         A Troubled Manposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         You will never be quiet and you have no proof.
         
         And, you don't think that's obsessive behavior?

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            janesixposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Possibly.

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   getitriteposted 11 years ago

   

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