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On the existence of God

posted by [personal profile] hendrikboom at 10:40am on 06/12/2007
There are several traditional answers to whether God exists:

(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Don't know.

But it has occurred to me that there are a few more answers.

(d) Don't care.
(e) What do you mean, "God"?

(d) is compatible with any of the first three.

I've noticed that my personal faith seems to combine (a) and (b). I just now realized that this involves asking the further question,

(f) What do you mean, "exists"?

And finally, the real question in this post,

What's (g)?
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posted by [identity profile] sps.livejournal.com at 05:04pm on 06/12/2007
I find it very clear that the current top philosophical questions are "what is meant by 'exists'?" and "what is meant by 'is identical with'?".
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posted by [identity profile] azrhey.livejournal.com at 09:22pm on 06/12/2007
(g) which one?

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posted by [identity profile] rehenazelreyhan.livejournal.com at 01:40pm on 19/12/2007
You never hover over (c)?
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posted by [identity profile] hendrikboom.livejournal.com at 02:00pm on 19/12/2007
Rarely. The evidence for both (a) and (b) are far to clear to leave room for doubt! But that's tempered with a heavy dose of (e).
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posted by [identity profile] rehenazelreyhan.livejournal.com at 02:01pm on 19/12/2007
Do you pray?
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posted by [identity profile] hendrikboom.livejournal.com at 02:13pm on 19/12/2007
Yes. Sometimes. Usually for guidance, or for understanding, or for acceptance of circumstances.
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posted by [identity profile] rehenazelreyhan.livejournal.com at 02:17pm on 19/12/2007
So do I, even though I fluctuate between (a) (b) and (c) constantly.

Things seemed so much more predictable when it was just a matter of bad vs. good. Key word being "seemed".

I wonder what it says about me when I pray "please, whatever You are, if You are there, and if You can hear me..."
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