Doesn't God exist by definition?

Question

Isn't that what makes it so frustrating to argue?

"God" is just a label, perhaps the most abstract of all labels. The true meaning of "God" is "one who exists."

So for all of you who didn't understand my last question, you could just as well replace God with "He who exists" so the sentence reads, "He who exists does not exist."

So I guess if you disagree, you'll first have to take it up with Webster and argue the true definition of definition.

"where did this definition of god come from?"

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THE BIBLE

Answer 1

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To soon.... you will.... find..... out !

(Revelaton 20:11-to-15) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

(Rev 20:12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

(Rev 20:13) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

(Rev 20:14) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

(Rev 20:15) And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Thanks, RR

Answer 2

So the dumb points is...? Trying to find a way to make the non believers stop saying it isn't real?


P.S. Info on Wiki doesn't seem to agree... and sounds more likely...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
The earliest written form of the Germanic word "god" comes from the 6th century Christian Codex Argenteus. The English word itself descends from the Proto-Germanic *ǥuđan. Most linguists agree that the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European form *ǵhu-tó-m was based on the root *ǵhau(ə)-, which meant either "to libate" or "to call, to invoke".


Ah... your definition came from the bible? A book who's words have been translated many times and could never contain the true original definition and ROOT WORD of the word "god"? ROFL

Answer 3

Webster's New World Dictionary: Third College Edition
god 1st definition:
any of various beings conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature
... does not exist
That's not too hard to swallow.

Answer 4

I just looked up in Webster's, and it doesn't say anything about "God" being "He who exists." Conversely, I know I exist, but I don't think that makes me a "god."

Answer 5

I don't see that in my Merriam-Webster's, not even in the etymology. It says, "the supreme or ultimate reality" or "a being believed to have more than natural attributes and powers", a person or thing of supreme value, or a powerful ruler. Nothing about "one who exists."

Answer 6

The idea of god exists. God doesn't literally exist.

Answer 7

it takes much more faith to believe in evolution or the big bang then to believe in God.

Some people put their faith in scientists who have been known to make a few errors over the years (ie. the world was once flat, leeches were used to bleed for healing, etc...)
I'm sure in a hundred years or so the ignorance of scientists of today will be clearly seen.

Answer 8

What dictionary are you using? Mine says,"God: A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions."
Nowhere does it say "he who exists".

Answer 9

"Exist" means simply to be. The act of being. "God" is a noun not because it is a person, place or thing. "God" is an idea, which is a thing.

Answer 10

With that kind of reasoning, the invisible pink unicorn exists as well. So why don't you believe in it?