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  1. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Not only is there no evidence for that, but that's besides the point--the point was that just because there's complexity doesn't mean there's design. Calculating the probability of our universe is currently impossible to do accurately. For example, how would you disprove an infinite multiverse...
  2. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Yes, I am expecting people to distrust certain unlikely events. Should people trust all of their hallucinations, or trust all of their feelings, or trust everything they experience? You can trust yourself on mundane and common things, but once something supernatural or beyond this world has...
  3. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Well unfortunately you said "I can't demonstrate anything. I can't even prove to myself that I am not the only conscious being in existence", which is a fair and reasonable statement. But now you go on to saying you believe in non dual pantheism, which is such a huge quantum philosophical leap ...
  4. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    How do you know you know your true self? You know you know your true self because you know? That's circular logic sir.
  5. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    No, I just pointed out the amusing irony of your post. It doesn't bother me at all. Your sentence isn't really coherent or logically written. Questions don't have the capability of understanding, so why are you asking: "does the question even understand the topic"? I would also recommend...
  6. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    There are many different Gods that people have invented and imaged. I don't know which one is correct, but a common one is that God is an infinite being that exists outside the physical universe. Most theists would agree with that but who knows if they're right. I couldn't give you a proper...
  7. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    We have thousands of examples of people designing cars and producing them. We don't determine if things are created because they are complex, we determine if things are created based on previous examples and evidence with respect to nature. You wouldn't say a snowflake is designed, nor would you...
  8. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    You must be so busy and must be getting laid so much that you couldn't possibly be trolling on rf! Oh but actually for some reason you're spending your VERY important and valuable time making amusingly ironic, childish, and foolish remarks. But seriously kid, nobody cares about how numinous you...
  9. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Ok so you're basically an agnostic then. You don't know what's true and like everyone else you can't disprove hard solipsism. That's one of the hallmarks of being agnostic. So if you can't even disprove hard solipsism then there's no way you can demonstrate to yourself or anyone else that seers...
  10. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    And how have you demonstrated this? It seems like you have a monopoly on God since you're saying that you know that the true self is proportional to God, which I have no idea how you can say without any justification or evidence. How are you concluding that we aren't separate from God?
  11. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    No clue, i don't claim to know things about God. I also said that it seems like we can't know anything about God reliably, which is different from me asserting that we absolutely can't know anything about God. ' This is sort of a category error. I see no reason to assume that the belief that my...
  12. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    How can you demonstrate that God can be found internally and that you are not being deceived or misled? What makes you think that things you learn when doing an internal investigation can be applied to God? And how do you know it isn't an alternative explanation such as aliens injected thoughts...
  13. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Why do you care about what I care about? I enjoy debates and spending time going over arguments with theists. Its for learning, honing debate skills, and entertaining myself. However, you haven't demonstrated that I only have superficial knowledge so I will disregard your post as red herring /...
  14. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    That's a nice quote but it doesn't show how knowing stuff about yourself means you know anything about God, especially if its a deistic God that doesn't care about our existence.
  15. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    I don't believe either and I don't even know the full, accurate story enough to make any claims about who I should believe. Also, even if I believed that wouldn't make their claims about divine revelation correct--they may have misinterpreted or they may have been tricked by the devil, or it may...
  16. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    The bible has actually been translated and modified several times. Biblical cannon was established via many revisions and debates on what the bible should contain. Some texts were included while others weren't included. And why is something that doesn't improve or evolve suddenly a good thing? I...
  17. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Um check my first post because if you read it with respect to this post you would find that my next questions would be: how do we know that Jesus actually healed the sick and raised the dead? How can we confirm it wasn't just a legend that was gradually more exaggerated throughout the ages? And...
  18. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    Nope, I don't even claim to know if its possible or not. Saying its possible assumes you know some way of calculating probabilities and I don't know how to calculate the probability of God's existence. How does my question cease to exist? its a non sequitor to assume that because something is...
  19. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    How does knowing yourself convey anything about God?
  20. serp777

    If God exists, how can we reliably know anything about him?

    And how can we reliably know about Jesus?
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