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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on October 26, 2012 at 12:36pm

How does that conversation go, Blaine? "Faster, faster!"?

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Permalink Reply by cookiesdaddy on October 12, 2012 at 6:28pm

wishful thinking

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Permalink Reply by Obfuskation on October 12, 2012 at 6:55pm

An imaginary figure attributed as an infallible surrogate parent.

The topic is quite broad.  Is there a specific issue in mind?

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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on October 12, 2012 at 7:11pm

With regard to my own atheism, I categorically disbelieve in the supernatural. For that reason, a specific definition for 'god' isn't necessary. Whatever the OED states is sufficient for my needs.

When addressing a specific religion, I try to use the definition(s) of that religion according to the main body of belief. For example, not all Roman Catholics hold the exact same views, but I'll favour the Vatican's version of God over that of Crazy Joe Catholic preaching on the street. There often seem to be alternative definitions on the fringes, but when speaking in general terms, I can't be expected to account for every minority view.

When addressing individual believers, I ask them to generate a rough working definition (as needed) for the purposes of the conversation, at least if it is going to be an in-depth conversation. The term can be so nebulous that I'm not interested in wasting time on assumptions.

What do I think of this topic? I have my ignostic tendencies, so I think the question is important as far as theological conversations go.

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Permalink Reply by Wayne Walker on October 12, 2012 at 8:41pm

any non-existent impotent imagined being.

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Permalink Reply by Damean Williams on October 12, 2012 at 11:41pm

Definition? Look around you. Can't you feel god and see god? Oh wait...I can't see god or feel god either. Never mind.

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Permalink Reply by Marvel on October 13, 2012 at 2:29am

The easy answer to any question

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Permalink Reply by javier on October 13, 2012 at 4:12am

Something that is akin to a scientific postulate, yet lacks the credentials of a theorem. It is a sad reality for some and a sad lie to us  

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Permalink Reply by Wesley on October 13, 2012 at 6:49am

This is the problem.  God is something that various groups of people define differently from subjective evidence and then use as a reason to judge, condemn,  and kill each other.

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on October 13, 2012 at 3:29pm

Both the ancient Hebrews and the Cannanites, Wes, came from Semitic Akkadia, in Mesopotamia, and worshiped the same gods, but as they expanded westward and separated, just as two groups of the same species, isolated from each other, will evolve into separate species, so the gods evolved, and the two groups fought continuously over whose god was greater, the exact same situation we have today with Yahweh and Allah - two separate religious "species" from the same origin.

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Permalink Reply by Donald S. Chase on October 13, 2012 at 11:03am

Have you ever noticed that there are only two kinds of people whom God answers prayers; survivors and winners.

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Permalink Reply by cookiesdaddy on October 13, 2012 at 1:15pm

Yeah, I guess he knows how to pick 'em.  He ought to go to the track!

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