can you prove that any god exists or existed ?

Yes I can. The fact there is life on this planet in many different forms. That's all the proof I need. I have proven it to myself.

You never said who I had to prove it to.

I could spend just as much telling a mushroom or a blade of grass God existed and those living things would not get it, as much as I could tell a two month old baby as I could tell you. None of you would get it.

Until you ask yourself the hard question like where did intelligence and consciousness as well as life itself began on this planet earth, you will never get the answer.

How do I know this?

Because you can't see, or hear, or speak the obvious answer that is here.

Only life can produce life.

Only intelligence can produce intelligence.

If man did not create life or intelligence or even consciousness, then who did?

Yeah yeah I know already. You don't believe in the "Who"

No, of course not. Nobody can even provide any evidence any such thing exists.

"Questor" wrote:

" You see it is all about that special quality that Man has called free will. You have the ability to CHOOSE whether or not to believe in God. If proof existed then choice would be removed from the equation, and there would be no basis upon which to judge your fate in there hereafter. "

What a crock. That's just an excuse believers make to try and justify their irrational belief in spite of the lack of evidence.

Prisons and police really exist, and there is ample evidence they do. Yet people can and do still freely CHOOSE whether to commit crimes or not, and possibly wind up in prison. Knowledge does not affect "free will" or the ability to choose. Evidence a god existed would not affect the ability to choose to follow it or not. There's no evidence because there's no "god," not because it's required.

No, it is unprovable by design. You see it is all about that special quality that Man has called free will. You have the ability to CHOOSE whether or not to believe in God. If proof existed then choice would be removed from the equation, and there would be no basis upon which to judge your fate in there hereafter. You see those who hear The Word (and you obviously have since you asked this question) get to exercise their Free Will and CHOOSE whether or not to believe in Him. If you do you will be rewarded in the Hereafter. If not...

That would depend on the characteristics of the god. If god is a deist type god, then no. But if the God is the Biblical rendition, that has already been disproven. If an omnipotent God existed, then it should be able to appear to us as he did to Moses et. al. If it is also omniscient, then it knows that we need to see him so that he can explain why his followers are still harming so many. If it is not omniscient nor omnipotent, and it doesn't want to be found, then it will not be found.

I can prove it to myself but to a cynic with his ears and senses shut that can be quite a handful. Why don't you ask or Jesus to make Himself known to you if you really need proof. He might start a beautiful relationship with you. To know love and serve God you don't need lazinesses. Seek and you shall find. It means seek with all your heart (your whole self all your abilities) and you SHALL find. Sorry I can't do that for you. I guarantee your life will be exciting and better for you if seek and find God in your life. And then keep Him (close and in love with Him). Since God is love He will only abide in love. (in a heart full of love for Him). There's no room for laziness in a relationship with God. It takes your whole self that's what makes it exciting fulfilling and worth it!

Of course. The Pope is His representative on Earth. Both Abraham and Mohammed have spoken with Him. Moses collected His instructional tablets of stone.

He sent His only son down to Earth to die and save us all. All the puzzles- wars and murders and fraud and rape cannot be solved because God works in mysterious ways that we cannot hope to understand.

Nope. Why do you ask? Do you feel like I or someone else is trying to force you to believe a certain way?

EDIT: Fairy Tales you say... So you deny all the eyewitness evidence documented in the Bible and elsewhere? You deny all the claims by millions who have had prayers answered and seen their lives fundamentally changed? That seems to be willfully ignoring the evidence...or only accepting the evidence that supports your viewpoint. So who's clinging to the fairy tale? The ones who see personal evidence and accept it, or the one who denies others' evidence because it conflicts with his personal beliefs?

sure

If you hold your breath for 20 minutes, you will have all the proof you need

where the rubber meets the road and the BS ends

Ask them if they can even define the word.