Wow, i couldnt have said it better myself! I agree with you 100% but you cant change the ignorant, thats why they are called that, they reject fact, its hopeless, I like your answer though
2006-08-28 12:19:25
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answer #1
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answered by RawDeal 2
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Ahem... according to you, St. Anselm gave the definition ' a being that which nothing greater can be conceived. This means all of human imagination of all time can't perceive the infinite Supreme Being'. Yet you are asking why a single person or finite group of people 'can't get it in your skull'. By the way, if an omniscient God does exist then it is impossible for people to have free will. Think of it this way, if people have free will and God is omniscient then even though He can't make a person do something He would know what they would choose to do, essentially He would know the future of all people. In order for him to know the future then it must be fixed, therefore there is no free will.
2006-08-28 12:36:59
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answered by j 3
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Why can't you get it into your skull that an intelligent entity with no beginning is a logical impossibility? All thinking people can see that intelligence is something that evolves and grows and develops over time - To imagine that it can just exist fully formed with no origin and no development is patently absurd. Intelligence is a product of the universe, not the other way round. Thus a creator god is impossible.
Oh yes, and a state of complete nothingness is also impossible - it's a human concept that cannot exist in the real world. Hence a 'creation' (of the universe from nothing at all) is also an impossiblity, so a creator cannot exist either.
2006-08-28 12:22:34
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answered by Anonymous
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If there is such a thing as God, then your definition is right. I would call it a theory rather than a fact, though. You should so too, since faith is believing without proof.
In any case I will agree that there is something omnipresent that is all encompassing. As for omniscience and omnipotence, those are human traits that are made absolute by imagination and shouldn't apply to an entity that is beyond your comprehension.
2006-08-28 12:29:22
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answered by Concerned 2
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You might as well as us why we don't believe in the Easter Bunny.
"A being that has no origin, wich is greater than nothing" Ok, compehended, SO? So we are like this being except we can die, SO?
We exist, we are quite obviously a result of natural selection, we die, and we can contemplate the future. It means we can contemplate our own demise, and to counter this idea which conflicts with our instinctive sense of self-preservation, people make stuff up to keep from waking up in a cold sweat every night. Period.
Who are Christians to define what an omnipotent, eternal being that you cannot see nor hear nor detect with all our technology wants us to do?
Would you give your last dollar to a billionaire?
So why devote your life to worshipping an all-powerful neverending force? You state yourself, we are finite. We die. Why devote your precious, finite time on this earth to giving a crap about something that has unlimited time and resources.
Instead we can spend this finite time exploring what we CAN detect and sense, and can be used to make our lives better, and immerse ourselves in the wondrous mysteries that make up all that we know IS real, and discover more about it.
2006-08-28 12:42:59
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answered by Roadpizza 4
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You dont know the means of every individuals imagination, and neither does St Anselm.
There are meanings to alot of words that really dont make sense, and have you ever thought that GOD was given that name because it means "a being that had no beginning" Because even back in the day, GOD had the same meaning as it does now.. Just like HELLO had the same meaning 2000 years ago as it does now!
2006-08-28 12:19:16
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answered by Anonymous
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The very definition of God, huh?
Because it's defined, I'm supposed to believe it exists.
The definition of a unicorn is a horse with a single horn growing from the middle of its forehead. Why can't you get through your skull that unicorns exist, because someone could write a long paragraph about it?
Why can't religious people get it through their skulls that atheist don't believe that there is such a thing as an all powerful, all knowing, ever present [being]?
Here's what you should do to convert all atheists: Pray. Spend every moment of your waking life that you don't have to spend eating (and with other necessities) praying that your god will enter the hearts of every atheist.
Just keep praying for this.
Pray for each atheist individually, by name or Yahoo Answers nickname.
Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray for us.
Given your faith, this would be the best use of your time.
Or, you could spend all of your time praying for the wisdom, sense, and humanity to stop trying to shove your views down the throats of the uninterested. Perhaps god will answer by granting this to you.
I can only hope.
2006-08-28 12:29:40
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answered by tehabwa 7
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Ah, that all-too-common combination of ignorance and arrogance rears its ugly head again.
"The very definition of God", huh? As though there's one definition of "god" out there on which everyone agrees.
Oh, and then you give a definition attributed to St. Anselm: "A being than which nothing greater can be conceived". Didn't notice that definition says nothing about having no beginning, did you? Undermined your own point before even finishing three lines of this nonsense. Nicely done. LOL
2006-08-28 12:20:05
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answered by Anonymous
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Because humans have always been concerned about the beginnings of things. Besides, it doesn't make sense, "a being that had no beginning". If I'm going to accept that something had no beginning, I'm sure not going to accept that that something is an invisible father figure in the sky.
2006-08-28 12:23:09
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answered by lcraesharbor 7
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Well in their defense; everything that we know of had a beginning. Our minds and simple logic tell us that everything in existence was created or had a beginning. To simply say: God has always existed doesnt answer the Q.
The Bible does say he is the alpha and omega but I dont believe that literally means "he was never created" or "he has always been in existence."
Somehow God came into being but we're not going to find out until we get to sit in his eternal classroom.
2006-08-28 12:22:38
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answered by Anonymous
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The universe didn't have a beginning either then. There are numerous interpretations of the inflationary theory of creation that posit an eternally existing chain of creation that does not depend on an act of creation for the composite whole.
So. Your God has no beginning. Fine. Neither does the universe.
2006-08-28 12:20:32
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answered by Anonymous
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