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Topic	There is literally no reason NOT to believe in God.
Dash_Harber 04/09/17 5:53:29 AM #71:	au_gold posted... I'm not claiming that God exists for certain, though. I'm saying that it's better to have faith and be rewarded if you're right rather than not having faith and getting screwed if you're wrong. Again, you can't fake faith. That's just lying. au_gold posted... Deuteronomy 4:35,39 - "Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. (39) Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else." The King James Version uses LORD in place of Yahweh or Jehovah (His Hebrew name) for some reason. There are countless other scriptures referring to only one almighty God. But there are passages in all the other God's holy books and theology that says the same thing. What makes the Bible saying it any different than the Hindu vedas stating that all are from the Brahman? In addition it is circular logic; it's a logical fallacy. If your proof that God exists in the form you think is that the book describing that initial forms says so, it is literally 'begging the question' and completely ruins your argument. au_gold posted... Well, if you choose to believe in Him only for the potential upside in the afterlife, that's not the same thing as actually having faith, which is what He looks for. Exactly. What you described in the initial post is not faith at all. I don't believe in your God; saying "there is no reason not to believe in God just in case he exists and rewards you for your belief" is ridiculous. au_gold posted... There is only one interpretation as stated above. Unless you're referring to the Holy Trinity which is a whole other story. That is not true. If we are looking purely at the Abrahamic God, there is three main branches; Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Now each one is completely different in interpretation. Then you have hundreds of smaller interpretations that differ beyond that. For example, Catholicism is radically different from Baptist. And you still have answered me as to why we can only talk about the Abrahamic faiths. <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:876841305] in There is l... [t:75211791]...</cite> <quote><cite>au_gold posted...</cite> <quote>I'm not claiming that God exists for certain, though. I'm saying that it's better to have faith and be rewarded if you're right rather than not having faith and getting screwed if you're wrong.</quote> Again, you can't fake faith. That's just lying. <cite>au_gold posted...</cite> <quote>Deuteronomy 4:35,39 - "Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. (39) Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else." The King James Version uses LORD in place of Yahweh or Jehovah (His Hebrew name) for some reason. There are countless other scriptures referring to only one almighty God.</quote> But there are passages in all the other God's holy books and theology that says the same thing. What makes the Bible saying it any different than the Hindu vedas stating that all are from the Brahman? In addition it is circular logic; it's a logical fallacy. If your proof that God exists in the form you think is that the book describing that initial forms says so, it is literally 'begging the question' and completely ruins your argument. <cite>au_gold posted...</cite> <quote> Well, if you choose to believe in Him only for the potential upside in the afterlife, that's not the same thing as actually having faith, which is what He looks for.</quote> Exactly. What you described in the initial post is not faith at all. I don't believe in your God; saying "there is no reason not to believe in God just in case he exists and rewards you for your belief" is ridiculous. <cite>au_gold posted...</cite> <quote>There is only one interpretation as stated above. Unless you're referring to the Holy Trinity which is a whole other story.</quote> That is not true. If we are looking purely at the Abrahamic God, there is three main branches; Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Now each one is completely different in interpretation. Then you have hundreds of smaller interpretations that differ beyond that. For example, Catholicism is radically different from Baptist. And you still have answered me as to why we can only talk about the Abrahamic faiths.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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