Is Believing in God Similar to Believing in Medusa?

Thread starter Mohaamad
Start date May 22, 2003

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The discussion centers on the distinction between belief in God and belief in mythological figures like Medusa, emphasizing that belief in God is framed as a logical hypothesis about reality. It is argued that while God is an ultimate hypothesis, its existence can only be "proven" through an afterlife, unlike other hypotheses that can be tested in this life. The conversation explores the nature of logic and belief, suggesting that atheism is a personal belief system rooted in emotional reasoning rather than empirical proof. Participants debate the classification of discussions about God, with some asserting that such topics belong in the Religion Forum, while others argue they fit within philosophical discourse. The nature of atheism is further examined, with definitions highlighting it as the absence of belief in gods rather than a belief in their non-existence. The conversation touches on the complexities of belief, evidence, and the philosophical implications of discussing the existence of God, ultimately reflecting on the subjective nature of belief systems.

May 26, 2003

heusdens

Originally posted by Mohaamad
God is an logical extension, hypothesis, of what exist in reality.

I don't think that is true. 'God' is according to me an extention to a flawed concept of reality. It is stated over and over that the material world could not be infinite (without begin or end), and therefore God needed to exist in order to create a finite world. That is a logical conclusion, but based on a false premise. This can be shown, because the invention of God, does not reduce our initial problem of the world, being finite. Cause in the same way as the world had a begin, now God needs a begin, for the same reason. As this is not the case, in the minds of religious people, they therefore need to state that God itself was not created, but is infinite. But that shows therefore that our initial assumption (the world is finite) was a wrong concept, and we need to take the negation of the premise. The world is therefore infinite (has no begin or end).