[getoffmylawn]

It's really very simple. If you're going to make extraordinary claims, you need to back up these claims with proof.

I believe in God. I don't have to prove it to anybody. It's my belief. I'm not so thick that I'd claim to "know" there is a God, because I realize God cannot be proven. If God could be proven, we'd all be believers - well... most of us. There's always going to the occasional wild cards.

Every single ridiculous argument you folks keep having with kosta revolves around this one issue. Just say you believe in God, and you're smart enough to understand God can neither be defined nor proven, and the discussion is over.

I think all of you are using the wrong plan of attack when attempting to "prove there is a God". Try using the comparative mythology of one of my heroes - Joseph Campbell. His book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" was all the "proof" I needed that there really is a God.

[Quix]

Worthy points . . . to a point . . . LOL.

I don’t recall my spending much time, if any, trying to “prove” God.

I’m more interested in the factors that contribute to someone taking a pseudo-super-rationalist perspective to begin with . . . and doggedly sticking to it regardless of the irrational contradictions entailed.

[kosta50]

I believe in God. I don't have to prove it to anybody. It's my belief. I'm not so thick that I'd claim to "know" there is a God, because I realize God cannot be proven.

A voice of reason.