Prove that God exists

[Runa216]

Whoooooah boys, time to back it up a bit. I'm thinking this thread needs a PROPER reboot, since it's been so thoroughly derailed. Instead of being vague, HOPING for things to go the way I want them to go so I can make my point, I think now's about the time I give this thread a gritty reboot, and I make things clear for once.

I do NOT have a problem with religious people, some of my best friends and family are very religious, and I find their company to mostly be delightful since they're all “I wanna do good in this life so I can be happy in the next” types. Religion CAN breed some of the nicest, kindest people in the world, bar none. I do not deny this and giving that impression was NEVER my intention. That said, what I DO have a problem with is people shoving their religion in my face. I have a problem with people who use god or religion as an excuse to judge others. I have a problem with people who go door to door pushing their beliefs down your throat. I have a problem with terrorists who are pushing their beliefs and judgement on others VIOLENTLY. I have a problem with the Westboro baptist church. I have a problem with any religious person in the world who in any way feels it's their duty or right to say “This is what I believe, therefore I must make you believe it too”, regardless of the aggression present in said actions.

I don't like the idea of religion, it's too easy to corrupt and it makes it far to easy to skirt responsibility. That said, if you believe in a god, goddesses, or spirits, ALL THE POWER TO YOU, just keep it to yourself. The moment ANYONE decides to push faith as fact (God IS this, God IS that, God WANTS us to do this, etc), I demand three stages of proof. If people want to keep making grand assumptions and basing their life on it, telling me to do the same, I demand the following:

1 – Prove that God is real, or at least provide some solid evidence to support that theory.
2 – Prove that YOUR god is the right one, by comparing evidence for yours compared to others.
3 – Prove that your interpretations about that god are real, not just baseless assumptions.

If you cannot provide supporting evidence to back up all three claims, then leave your faith where it belongs: in your heart. Do not push it as fact, do not try to teach it in schools, do not run your political campaign using it, and most certainly, do not use it to judge, belittle, or terrorize others. Do not use it as infallible moral guidance, do not tell others how to live their lives, and do not claim that religion has all the answers unless you can prove it.

Faith is an extremely personal thing. I like a LOT of strange things, I like weird food, I like weird art, and I like a lot of things in life that most would just find strange and irrational, but just because I find comfort in my various tastes does not mean that, in any way, do I have a right to push those opinions and values on others. No exceptions.