Thread: Origin of God
View Single Post
Old 08-23-2007, 05:21 PM   #127 (permalink)
mytmouse57
Council Member
 
mytmouse57's Avatar
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Wyoming
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,832
Country:
Points: 5,568, Level: 48
Points: 5,568, Level: 48 Points: 5,568, Level: 48 Points: 5,568, Level: 48
Level up: 9%, 182 Points needed
Level up: 9% Level up: 9% Level up: 9%
Activity: 2%
Activity: 2% Activity: 2% Activity: 2%
mytmouse57 is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by baloney_detector View Post
At least as an agnostic, I cover all possibilities.

And besides, I think people would lose faith, by definition, if they knew for sure if there was or wasn't a God.

So, in some ways I think it is better if we don't know for sure since their faith helps many people get through their lives.

That's a good point. I guess I hadn't yet considered it. But now that you bring it up, I see the value in it.


If God was immediately present... easily detected by all, there would be no more wonder or mystery to it. It might even get (gasp) boring...LOL.
If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields