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To: r9etb
believers in God are uncomfortable with the idea that they can't prove God's existence to the skeptic.

On the contrary, I believe in Gods' existence and am not uncomfortable with being unable to prove it. After all, if I could prove Gods' existence, I wouldn't need faith. And without faith, my life would loose so much of its' meaning. It would, in fact, become meaningless.

254 posted on 08/28/2002 1:57:52 PM PDT by templar
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To: templar
On the contrary, I believe in Gods' existence and am not uncomfortable with being unable to prove it.

I agree. However, I think many of the folks out there arguing evolution from a religious perspective are uncomfortable with it. They're essentially granting the basic premise of the argument, which is that if evolution is true, God doesn't exist.

After all, if I could prove Gods' existence, I wouldn't need faith.

Of course, "faith" in this context is something more than the blind wishes that atheists make it out to be. For me, at least, there is no question that God exists; instead, "faith" is more a matter of trusting God.

263 posted on 08/28/2002 2:10:01 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: templar
And without faith, my life would loose so much of its' meaning. It would, in fact, become meaningless.

That's interesting. Why do you require belief in some unprovable proposition to make your life meaningful? (No offense intended; I really would like to know.)

273 posted on 08/28/2002 2:21:53 PM PDT by jejones
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To: templar
And without faith, my life would loose so much of its' meaning. It would, in fact, become meaningless.

So? This is the saddest story I've heard all day. Why do require someone telling you what to do all the time to have "meaning"? If you didn't have faith, you'd just stare at the wall all day and drool? It doesn't sound your life has meaning, it sounds like you are merely a puppet fulfilling someone else's "meaning". And for that matter what IS "meaning"? That word is observer dependent.

"Meaning" used in this way is just an excuse not to have a real answer.

283 posted on 08/28/2002 2:34:57 PM PDT by tortoise
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