"Why won't God heal amputees?"

[Aapex]

Quote from james_bond_3rd:

You can't examine the evidence to prove whether God exists or not. If look for the evidence that God doesn't exist, you will find them. However, that cannot prove or disprove your faith. The fossile records are the "evidence" God created to tempt the nonbelievers. If you believe those evidence then you're already won over by the Satan.

Your statement make no sense.

"if you look for the evidence that God doesn't exist, you will find them".

If you have to look for them then they don't already exist so you can't call it evidence.

What is stopping you from examining the evidence for God's existance?

 

[james_bond_3rd]

Quote from Aapex:

Your statement make no sense.

"if you look for the evidence that God doesn't exist, you will find them".

If you have to look for them then they don't already exist so you can't call it evidence.

What is stopping you from examining the evidence for God's existance?

There isn't such thing. God's existance is taken on faith. That's what the word "faith" means. Looking for evidence that God exists is the same as looking for evidence that God doesn't exist. When you start looking for such evidence, you're already questioning your faith, and so you're not far from Satan.

Have confidence in your faith, then you won't need any evidence.

 

[Aapex]

Quote from james_bond_3rd:

There isn't such thing. God's existance is taken on faith.

That does not mean there is no God.
Since you cannot know all evidence, it is possible that evidence exists that proves God's existence, or at least supports his existence.
Therefore, it is possible that God exists.
If it is possible, then faith has its place.
If it is possible that God exists, then you should be an agnostic (an agnostic holds that God may exist but no proof can be had for His existence.)

 

[stu]

Quote from Aapex:

On what grounds?

Based on your statements it is NOT abundantly clear.

Which part of 'everything which exists presupposes existence' isn't clear.?

When stating "God exists" you are presupposing existence already exists. God therefore obviously cannot exist without existence. Existence must exist otherwise God cannot.

 

[Aapex]

Quote from stu:

When stating "God exists" you are presupposing existence already exists.

But this cannot be stated absolutely, since all evidence would need to be known to show there is no evidence.
Therefore, since all evidence cannot be known by any one person, it is possible that evidence exists that supports theism.

Do you agree?

 

[james_bond_3rd]

Quote from Aapex:

That does not mean there is no God.
Since you cannot know all evidence, it is possible that evidence exists that proves God's existence, or at least supports his existence.
Therefore, it is possible that God exists.
If it is possible, then faith has its place.
If it is possible that God exists, then you should be an agnostic (an agnostic holds that God may exist but no proof can be had for His existence.)

You have no faith in God.

God exists because of one's faith in it, not because some insignificant "evidence" that a lowly human can understand. Why do you think God would want to play hide and seek with humans on the evidence of his existence?

 

[james_bond_3rd]

Quote from Aapex:

But this cannot be stated absolutely, since all evidence would need to be known to show there is no evidence.
Therefore, since all evidence cannot be known by any one person, it is possible that evidence exists that supports theism.

Do you agree?

It's also possible that the world was created by Satan.

There are infinite number of possibilities. Why do you need them? Why don't you have a little faith in God?

 

[Aapex]

Quote from james_bond_3rd:

You have no faith in God.

God exists because of one's faith in it,

By that same line of reasoning, YOU exist because someone believes that you do. Existance does not rely on belief to exist.
I don't believe that China exist because I have not seen it or stepped foot on Chinese soil. Does that mean that China doesn't exist?

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Aapex:

But this cannot be stated absolutely, since all evidence would need to be known to show there is no evidence.
Therefore, since all evidence cannot be known by any one person, it is possible that evidence exists that supports theism.

Do you agree?

actually there is good news in this type of convoluted thinking. if theists are reduced to saying god exists because there is no way to prove he doesn't exist they dont have much to hang their hat on. i would say science has already removed most of the "god did it" explanations from our world.

 

[Aapex]

Quote from vhehn:

i would say science has already removed most of the "god did it" explanations from our world.

How? In what way?