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> The thing is, it's impossible to prove _*or_* disprove God. [/bq]

 
Everyone, Christian or no, should be able to understand this.


 
It seems a common misconception among atheists that religion as a whole assumes that God is some mystical physical being who personally designed the world and directly interferes in the affairs of men; that God is some cosmic babysitter who will pull you out of the road if you decide to play in traffic. Whether or not that is the case in some sects of religions, I don't know, but I'm a Catholic, and I understand from what I've learned myself that is **not** how it works - God, as I see, is not a being, but rather an essence of being, transcendent of our notions of existence; a _*Holy Spirit_*, if you will. Because of this, we have no real way of proving God's existence by empirical means, but also no way to disprove it. Our understandings of the nature of God are built upon a _*philosophical_* interpretation of the world around us, not a literal and physical one, and thus to argue about it and try and prove or disprove as a certainty is a waste of time - either you chose to believe or you don't. Simple as that.


 
And believe it or not, most people, even aspiring physicists like me, will tend to gravitate toward belief in a higher spiritual power. Why? Not because they're sheep without a will of their own, not because they're ignorant to the well-established physical sciences and the principles which guide them, but because it gives them a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, and a sense of wonder at the vastness and relative predictability and calculability of the forces that shape the universe.

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||Fun Fact: an estimated 2/3 of doctored scientists belong to some form of religious devotion.[/spoiler]||

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[bq="Mike"] "@RainbowDash69":/1518166#comment_6469635
The thing is, it's impossible to prove _or_ disprove God. [/bq]
Everyone, Christian or no, should be able to understand this.

It seems a common misconception among atheists that religion as a whole assumes that God is some mystical physical being who personally designed the world and directly interferes in the affairs of men; that God is some cosmic babysitter who will pull you out of the road if you decide to play in traffic. Whether or not that is the case in some sects of religions, I don't know, but I'm a Catholic, and I understand from what I've learned myself that is *not* how it works - God, as I see, is not a being, but rather an essence of being, transcendent of our notions of existence; a _Holy Spirit_, if you will. Because of this, we have no real way of proving God's existence by empirical means, but also no way to disprove it. Our understandings of the nature of God are built upon a _philosophical_ interpretation of the world around us, not a literal and physical one, and thus to argue about it and try and prove or disprove as a certainty is a waste of time - either you chose to believe or you don't. Simple as that.

And believe it or not, most people, even aspiring physicists like me, will tend to gravitate toward belief in a higher spiritual power. Why? Not because they're sheep without a will of their own, not because they're ignorant to the well-established physical sciences and the principles which guide them, but because it gives them a sense of purpose, a sense of hope, and a sense of wonder at the vastness and relative predictability of the forces that shape the universe.

[spoiler]Fun Fact: an estimated 2/3 of doctored scientists belong to some form of religious devotion.[/spoiler]