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    Quote Originally Posted by Subteigh View Post
    I find religious people don't have a coherent complete description of "God", other than being for example a creator and/or paternal figure. The Christians if they depict their God basically draw theirs like the Romans drew Jupiter/Zeus (or Jesus after Mercury/Apollo or Cesare Borgia), or they don't draw it at all due to iconoclasm and/or not having any idea about what "God" is.

    Sometimes I feel bad for asking questions to religious people, even if they should be straightforward to answer. As Jon Stewart said: “Religion - It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”
    That all seems true, but it also all seems like evidence of Sturgeon's Law in action rather than evidence against God and every kind of religious belief system in existence. After all, they can't all be true when they contradict each other, and if most people are bad that will also be reflected in most religions said people follow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coeruleum Blue View Post
    That all seems true, but it also all seems like evidence of Sturgeon's Law in action rather than evidence against God and every kind of religious belief system in existence. After all, they can't all be true when they contradict each other, and if most people are bad that will also be reflected in most religions said people follow.
    When a religious person says you are doing something contrary to their religion, all you have to say is "You don't know "God"."

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