Atheists; How would you describe the color blue?

Well if the person was able to see I would demonstrate the colour blue to them. If they lacked the necessary ability then I would accept the impasse, they are physically incapable of reviewing the evidence and their skepticism is justified. Christians claim that we are all capable of coming to know God and yet they are unable to provide any evidence.

OK I'd do this: lets say they were blind I'd say blue is analogous to a musical scale. Eight notes make an octave: A B C D E F G & the spectrum has Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet so you can think of blue as the E note. So you are right about ONE thing: just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't real. But is that true of fairies? Probably not. However not so long ago most people believed in them -even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!

There are LOTS of things we cannot see, hear, smell, touch & taste which none the less, DO exist, for instance radioactivity. So how do we KNOW radioactivity is real? Because we can MEASURE it -reliably. Always. Always. Always. The sea in Japan is now radioactive & whoever measures it will see the same reading regardless of culture or parentage, Is this true of 'God'? No. Ask someone in Egypt & they can state God is Allah, Ask someone in India & they can state that there are hundreds of gods, ask an ancient Roman & they will say there are 12. So you see your idea of the Christian God (I assume you are Christian) is drowned out by all the thousands of other opinions across all of history & geographically too.

Without proof you God is totally indistinguishable & VERY probably imaginary (remember you are an atheist TOO as regards all other gods - some of us just go one god further that you). This is why evidence actually IS important. In fact it's essential.

You are assuming that the person it being described to has no other references to go on. Describe a texture and they will understand it. Describe blue as another texture. that would be a beginning.

And look at your words - anecdotal "proof" - in other words, your stories that make sense to you. That is like how you keep saying - prove you love some one or explain love to some one - those are personal experiences, and you are your anecdotal "proofs", nothing more than your stories. I could tell you that I saw a T-Rex tromp through my yard, but you would laugh at me if I had no proof that could not otherwise be explained. "What about the foot print in the yard" you could have dug that out, it proves nothing. So you tell me your experiences, that's nice, now get me some proof if you want me to accept it.

I couldn't. Not in any tangible or convincing way.

Just as you can't convince an atheist of the existence of your particular god by telling them about "feelings" you have about god. That's not proof to anyone but you. It's called Faith for a reason, faith is to believe something without any real, tangible evidence for it.

So, maybe your "proof" for your god should just be kept to yourself, that way you'll stop losing "arguments" with atheists.

Well, if your position is that you have a conviction that you cannot demonstrate and communicate in a convincing manner to other people, perhaps you should keep it to yourself, as it has zero value for others.

Be happy with your anecdotal and very much personal 'proof' of god's existence and leave others alone.

The color blue is a figment of my own mind. It doesn't exist in reality. If I wanted to describe blue objectively I'd have to describe the photon frequency that my mind translates into blue. There's no guarantee that every person interprets photon frequency the same.

It is clear that religionoids are ignorant. Not necessarily stupid, but ignorant. While it is true that I cannot describe blue in a way that enables someone who has always been blind to experience it, that alone is not proof that you magical fairy friend is anything more than a childish fantasy on your part.

Oh, he has never seen blue yet?

I will ask him to look up into the sky, not to look for God, but at the clouds, and say,

"The color behind the clouds - that's BLUE".

Now, I have never seen God, could you describe your God to me?

I'd say think of something cold.

Blue is a cold color.

I'm not really sure what describing colors has to do with your beliefs or anything.

I'll do a Rocky Dennis and throw a stone into a freezer