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Evidence for God

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Perdition
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05-14-2008 6:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 10 by PurplyBear
05-14-2008 6:22 PM

Re: To consider
Most often, the method used is "What do my parents/friends/neighbors think?" It's quite obvious that kids born in a Christian house are more likely to believe in Christianity than Shintoism, and vice versa.
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05-15-2008 12:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 14 by Deftil
05-15-2008 12:30 PM

I don't know that anyone conducts scientific research in order to reach a logical conclusion about which god is real, because most people that value both scientific research and logic don't believe in gods.
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I don't have the numbers in front of me to back this up, but I don't believe your claim is true. IIRC, a majority of scientists believe in some sort of god. It may be merely a god who started the big bang and then let the universe go, like a wound up clock, but they believe in something.
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05-15-2008 6:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Deftil
05-15-2008 6:21 PM

yeah, I'd agree with you. Very few people use logic and scientific inquiry to decide their religious beliefs...if they did, everyone would be agnostic or athiest.
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