by Richo <m.richardson61@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:43 AM
On Apr 27, 8:51 pm, "Bill M" <wm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> It is amazing how people can believe in so many different gods when
there is
> NO objective verifiable evidence that any of the gods are real.
Not really.
They don't actually believe in all of them at once - they believe in
only one or one group at any one time.
Evidence is not a relevant "cause" of belief - belief follows what the
believer needs from a psychological (you could say spiritual) point of
view.
They look at exactly the same world as everyone else but come up with
different ideas about the unseen "powers" that influence/create/
control all that real verifiable stuff you and I see.
Life and existence really are ultimately mysterious - even for the
most knowledgeable human imaginable - and so there is always room for
our imaginations to fill the unknown with fantastic beings.
Its a consequence of how our minds work.
>The logial
> evidence is that NO REAL gods actually exist except in the imaginations
of
> the believers.
>
There is evidence that people make up gods and other spirit beings.
It is a logical possibility that they are all "false" gods.
(and I think even real gods can be false, existence alone is not
enough)
I actually think "false god" is redundant and has the same meaning as
god.
That's just me though.
Cheers, Mark.