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Post by creature386 on Jan 2, 2015 15:41:47 GMT 5
Most religious people tend to range between 2 and 3. I know of very few who would actually be a 1, perhaps some extremists who'd willingly bet their lives that every word in their holy book (usually either the Bible or Qur'an) is true. I wouldn't say so. I know someone who rates himself as 1, yet sometimes finds messages in the Bible confusing. |
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 15, 2015 16:26:44 GMT 5
My safest rating would be something like a 5. I might just become a 6, but I'd need to look into the matter more.
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Post by creature386 on Jul 15, 2015 17:20:43 GMT 5
I choose three, using the deist definition. Damn it, I should learn to read, the poll talks about the probability of a theistic God. In that case, I agree with Vodmeister. |
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Post by Deathadder on Jul 15, 2015 21:06:41 GMT 5
I rated my self number one. I know God exsists.
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Post by creature386 on Jul 15, 2015 21:26:57 GMT 5
I rated my self number one. So, you view yourself as the number one? I thought that's me.  Joke aside, we at least now arrived at a point where all options got clicked and one doesn't need to feel like an outcast anymore.  |
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Post by theropod on Jul 16, 2015 0:22:25 GMT 5
Changed my mind, now I’m 7.
The more I think about it, the more of an atheist I become.
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Post by creature386 on Jul 16, 2015 1:17:30 GMT 5
Just a few thoughts on the probability of God based on the definitions: 1. God is the universe - 1, I know the universe exists. Maybe 2, in case biocentrism ("consciousness creates the universe") has a chance to be true. 2. The deistic God - This one is very hard to define, but I'll try: A transcendent, causeless fist cause entity. 3-4, maybe. I find the infinite regress (that'd be eternally recycling universe) and the finite regress equiprobable, yet I lean towards three because of my bias and my attraction towards the supernatural. But this is non-falsifiable and discussing it is pretty useless. 3. Theistic God - Let's define it as "A transcendent, causeless, intelligent and omnipotent entity that created the universe." 5, slimmer category than above. Suffers from logical errors, but I give it a chance, as many reasonable people made logical statements about it and it is possible that I am severely misconstructing their views when calling them improbable. 4. A God that is more or less similar to what Christians wish - 6, I am being nice. The possibility of it existing is that the miracles and experiences Christians cite as evidence are in fact supernatural and that the full-filled prophecies were not constructed & affirm at least partial reliability of scripture. 5. The average God of the religions throughout history - 7. Most of these Gods were the direct explanation for natural phenomena and are thus (unlike the others) falsifiable, allowing definite statements. Conclusion: Looking at that God can be pretty much everything, all the options deserve respect.  That was my post fighting the discrimination against certain poll options. |
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Post by Deathadder on Jul 16, 2015 17:01:19 GMT 5
Yes, I bel in God. 100%. I believe he was the first, who created the Big Bang. (I also believe he created evolution and natural selection) Dinosaurs and all that stuff lived and died out and when man came about that's when he interfered and this is around the time that civilized humans appeared which was approx 6000 years, which is how long creationists say the earth is old. Makes perfect sense:D
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Post by creature386 on Jul 16, 2015 17:46:33 GMT 5
Actually, the time when humans became civilized is poorly defined, but in case you mean recorded history, then yes, it begins approximately 6,000 years ago. Humanity is a lot older than that though.
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Post by theropod on Jul 16, 2015 17:55:39 GMT 5
^Such developments as agriculture or cities are older than that too. I guess what most people mean is the invention of writing.
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Post by Deathadder on Jul 16, 2015 18:25:41 GMT 5
Recorded history.
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Post by An Goldish Jade on Mar 1, 2016 13:08:56 GMT 5
7-pseudo science and anti science exists, but they are nothing but an waste of papers and space.
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Post by Cross on Jun 16, 2016 10:25:36 GMT 5
I was initially going to rate myself a 1, but after reading the definition, it sounds as if choosing number 1 means I could easily show someone proof of God's existence.
I may go with 2. I cannot cite indisputable proof that God exists, but I strongly think that recorded/documented occurrences of phenomena such as demonic possessions, apparitions, and other miraculous occurrences relating to the supernatural are arguably good lines of evidence to cite for the possible existence of God. A documented case of demonic possession/exorcism is in itself pretty good evidence for the existence of spirits, but not a higher being like God. For the existence of God, something more spectacular and impressive needs to be recorded or documented. There's also Stigmata, Incorruptible corpses, miraculous healing, and more stuff that I could go on about but I don't have the time to track down every single documented case for those things. But I'm sure everyone here already gets what I'm saying.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 11:00:05 GMT 5
I chose NO. 6
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Post by creature386 on Oct 28, 2017 23:17:25 GMT 5
I've switched to six now.
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