What's wrong with this definition of God: maker of heaven and earth and everything?

[dafydd]

yrreg wins this thread.

I was hoping to win it.First prize,a night on the town with Yrreg.Second prize,two nights on the town with Yrreg.

 

[Dancing David]

I will not any further continue with penis and vagina, unless you guys still cannot acknowledge that your penis and vagina are most intelligently designed and fabricated by God for the purposes you pursue with them, specially for the perpetuation of life first and foremost, then for the incentive of love and mutual delight.

I only have a penis, am I supposed to have a vagina as well?

Is it okay to urinate with it, or does that break some taboo?

 

[arthwollipot]

I will not any further continue with penis and vagina, unless you guys still cannot acknowledge that your penis and vagina are most intelligently designed and fabricated by God...

I still cannot acknowledge that. So I guess you'll have to further continue.

 

[arthwollipot]

Vaginas have brought me close to heaven many a time.

I'm still waiting for yrreg to make the connection to the clitoris.

 

[zooterkin]

I'm still waiting for yrreg to make the connection to the clitoris.

From what I've been told, he wouldn't be the first man to fail to make that connection.

 

[yrreg]

The concept of God with atheists

What is the concept of God with atheists?

In the West the concept of God among Christians is founded on the following two statements from the Christian faith:

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1
I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Apostles' Creed verse 1

Addressing the atheists of this forum: I would like to inquire whether you have this concept of God as per the two statements above.


Yrreg

 

[DrDave]

No

 

[Shalamar]

There is no god.

God does not exist. Neither does Santa Claus or the tooth fairy.

 

[erlando]

Hell no

 

[ehcks]

My concept of god is that god is merely a concept. And not a very good one.

 

[AdMan]

It's probably up to the believers to define what their God is to them.

I just don't believe most of those definitions apply to something that actually exists.

 

[Piscivore]

What is the concept of God with atheists?

From my atheist perspective, there are thousands, if not millions of "concepts of gods", each and every one of them the product of a human brain.

Addressing the atheists of this forum: I would like to inquire whether you have this concept of God as per the two statements above.

That's one of them. One of millions, as I say. There is even lots of significant variation between those that espouse those two statements.

And that "concept of god" has no more truth value or evidentiary support than any of the others.

 

[jasonpatterson]

What is the concept of God with atheists?

Unless 'god' is defined, there's no real way to say whether a person accepts a given deity or not. In my case, the only thing I can see that is inherent in the definition of a god as it is commonly used is that it has some level of supernatural power. That alone is a nonstarter for me.

It seems like what you're asking is whether atheists assume god to be the christian god and whether that is what they don't accept. By definition it's true that we don't accept that, but we also don't accept any of the other versions of god that are or have been in use around the world.

 

[Dinwar]

What is the concept of God with atheists?

What do you mean by this? What concept of god do we believe in? None. What concept of god do we DISbelieve in? By definition, all of them. What concept of god are we arguing against? Well, that's a tricky one--I usually go with "whatever concept the theist is arguing in favor of".

Addressing the atheists of this forum: I would like to inquire whether you have this concept of God as per the two statements above.

You're making a critical error here: assuming that atheists are the ones directing the definition of gods. We're not. Theists are. As most theists in the USA and Europe tend to be of the Jewish/Christian/Islamic family of faiths, we often get the same gods coming up in conversation. But Thor is no less wrong than Christ.

 

[Foster Zygote]

Gerry, there are a great many concepts of gods other than just yours. Atheists don't believe in any of them, including yours.

 

[Biscuit]

When you explain to me your concept of Innana you will probably understand my atheist concept of all gods.

 

[catsmate]

Oh good grief................

 

[tsig]

What is the concept of God with atheists?

In the West the concept of God among Christians is founded on the following two statements from the Christian faith:

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1
I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Apostles' Creed verse 1

Addressing the atheists of this forum: I would like to inquire whether you have this concept of God as per the two statements above.


Yrreg

The concept of god is an excuse not to grow up and take responsibility for your own actions.

 

[Mick Houlahan]

Gee, I always wondered what the concept of God for western Christians was. Mine's more like:
Imaginary skydaddy for the kids.
Have you ever been told you're so far off the beam that you're "not even wrong?"

 

[Last of the Fraggles]

The concept of God is whatever the believer the believes in.


Every one I have heard so far has been mistaken.