A disadvantage of arguing with theists about the existence of "god" is that there are numerous denominations of theists who cannot even agree on the definition of "god". A facet of this is that theists can be vague about their concept of "god" and hide behind such obfuscation in an attempt to move debate away from actually having to provide proof of their gods.
If there is one question I expect theists to answer in a debate about the existence of their gods, it would be something like:
Can theists give one property that is unique to "god" that is observable?
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All we know for sure is that god loves the smell of burnt meat and doesn't like people go outside without hats or scarves on. He hates oysters and shellfish and doesn't want anyone else to eat them, but locusts are ok. Also, he's a clumsy designer, with the result that we now have to go the trouble of hacking off his errors (i.e., foreskins and clitorises).
Just so u know female circumcision isnt biblical
Steeee: Just so u know female circumcision isnt biblical
That's ok then.
That's the kind of focus and attention to salient details Saporro was looking for no doubt.
On the plus side we couldn't have hoped for a better example of the dishonest theist obfuscation he was talking about, so well done there.
What the fuck is it with theists, and their execrable grammar, and lack of punctuation?
RE: "Can theists give one property that is unique to "god" that is observable?"
ABSOLUTELY - he is invisible, omnipotent, beyond time and space, all knowing, all loving, and one hell of a nice guy. No man has ever actually seen god but the few that did see him have said.....
"God is a spirit (John 4:24).
"God is Light, and in him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).
"Who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, (1 Timothy 6:15,16).
"God is love, (1 John 4:16)
"God is not a man..." (Numbers 23:19 NIV)
"God is a consuming fire, a jealous God" (Deuteronomy 4:24 NIV)
"God is a merciful God" (Deuteronomy 4:31 NIV)
"Genesis repeatedly states that we are created in God’s own image" (Genesis 1:27).
"God likes to wrestle" (Genesis 32:22–28)
"Moses encountered God as a blazing bush" (Exodus 3:6).
"clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. ( Revelation 1:12-15 )
" his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire. (Daniel 7:9)
"The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes like flames of fire" (Revelation 1:14)
But remember - No man has ever seen God.
Properties of God...... Um,,,,,,, Everything? And that just makes him a shitty landlord.