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Is it important to know if God is real or not?
- Thread starter Jeremiah
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Since we can neither prove nor disprove God's existence, then I would say no. 
Since "proof" is that bit of evidence that convinces one of the certainty of a doubtable thing, it's as important as the need for the certainty of that doubtable thing.
themadhair
Well-Known Member
Depends on the claims being made using its alleged existence.
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
And a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Jeremiah
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Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
If you have to ask why knowledge is worth having, there's no point in me trying to answer.
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
It's a valid question, Storm. Honestly,to say all knowledge is worth having is to say all knowledge is beneficial. Whether or not that is true I don't know. We could have done, in my opinion, without allot of the war knowledge we've developed. So it can not be so broad as to say all knowledge is worth having when there may be some knowledge that is not worth having. I know personally there are somethings that I wish I had never come to known.
Anti-thesisofreason
Explorer
I think it is only important for the seeker to determine if there is or is not a Divine being. Outside of the seeker it is unimportant.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
As important as proving that this is a rabbit and not a duck
We see what we see. That's it.
We see what we see. That's it.
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
Since we can neither prove nor disprove God's existence, then I would say no.
Thank you for actually answering the question.
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Looks like a spoonbill.As important as proving that this is a rabbit and not a duck
We see what we see. That's it.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
LOL Yes Man,
That makes you a Protestant I suppose?
That makes you a Protestant I suppose?
Sure. We'll go with that. I'd agree with Storm that all knowledge is worth having. Of course, with knowledge comes the loss of innocence......
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
So you consider "innocence" the price of knowledge? And that knowledge is always "worth" more then innocence? Then I suppose that when a rape victim's innocence is taken the knowledge gained is worth it.
The statement, "All knowledge is worth having" is an assumption. We do not have all knowledge and have no clue whether it is all worth having or not.
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How is a question like this answerable in any meaningful way?
rojse
RF Addict
Yes, because if he exists, then we could know what sort of effect God has on the world in which we live.
That's a non sequitur, rojse.