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What would "god" need to do in order to prove that she really existed?

Chanakya said:
You're a former believer. Is that what theist-you would have said? If so, then we might talk about why that particular gap specifically, in that God-of-the-Gaps formulation.

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Yes, absolutely! At least past early childhood, once I learned some basic cosmology. I was raised Catholic by a devout Christian, but it was a fairly liberal church and my parents were not preachy at all, so at least it left me room to think for myself. Might have been different if I had been raised by rabid evangelicals, I dunno. I would have approached it from a scientific standpoint, and at least to my mind, the only real scientific 'gap' would be the one where everything came into existence. It's why, even as an atheist, I cannot say I am 100% sure no form of god exists. I'm only 99.999% sure ;). On the other hand, I *am* 100% sure the God of the Bible does not exist.
 
stanfr said:
Yes, absolutely! At least past early childhood, once I learned some basic cosmology. I was raised Catholic by a devout Christian, but it was a fairly liberal church and my parents were not preachy at all, so at least it left me room to think for myself. Might have been different if I had been raised by rabid evangelicals, I dunno. I would have approached it from a scientific standpoint, and at least to my mind, the only real scientific 'gap' would be the one where everything came into existence. It's why, even as an atheist, I cannot say I am 100% sure no form of god exists. I'm only 99.999% sure ;). On the other hand, I *am* 100% sure the God of the Bible does not exist.
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Not to derail this thread. I've started that other thread, just now. I'm taking the liberty of copying your response to me to that thread, and will address it there.
 
I think all the logical problems that argue against a god are easily answered by theists because a god must by definition be above them. All you have to do is say God is unfathomable and you can never understand, and all the "but but" kind of arguments are stalemated. It's essentially the grownup version of a bratty kind answering a question with "because!"
 
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