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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

God is not Tinkerbell

Some people seem to have the strange idea that God really exists for the people who believe in God, but does not exist for atheists. No side is in error, reality is just what you believe.

This makes no sense to me.

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posted by Victor Reppert @ 11:40 AM  

2 Comments:

  • At April 06, 2011 4:32 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    There may be some limited traction gained there depending on what's meant by God. I don't mean that in a fuzzy new-age way so much as "Is God a being that is deserving of worship?"

    I imagine that for some people, if the God of the bible really is some existing agent, they'll nevertheless reject Him as God.

     

  • At April 09, 2011 7:49 AM , Blogger Gordon Knight said...

    This is, indeed, the weirdest thing! But Ihink what is involved is a confusion.

    Maybe I am naive, but except for some very out there new age types, I don't think anyone really believes that 'believing x' makes x true (one exception "I believe there are beliefs" )


    students say sometimes "well God exists for me" And this just means "I believe that God exists"

     

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