Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[Alara317]

WolfpackN64 said:

Alara317 said:

Dude, give it up; you're so far out of your league it's actually depressing to watch you try. 

Furthermore, you are misunderstanding the difference between an assertion of truth(Theism), and the critique of the lack of evidence to support that statement (Atheism.) Atheists aren't saying 'There is no god', they are stating that your claim of a god is unsubstantiated. In a rational world, the complete and utter lack of evidence supporting a God means that it really is kinda crazy to believe in God. The ONLY reason God is still such a powerful force in our culture is that such a concept is so ubiquitous and pervasive that it won't go away and that those who believe have specifically manufactured an entity that cannot be questioned. 

Religion can be a force of good, but it is completely illogical to take any of it as sincere or actual truth. anyone looking to a holy book for anything other than a philosophy is doing it wrong. 

It's funny to see you guys twist and turn and use concepts you all clearly don't grasp. But fine, clearly the academic has no idea what he's talking about.

This is exactly why an intelligent discussion religion about is such a waste of time. Half of the participants are so sure of their own superiority with no grasp of actual science or logic that no amount of explaining the scientific method, logical fallacies, poor debate methods, or reason gets through to them. They just assert their own intelligence, completely disregard the counterpoints, and can't be bothered to actually offer alternatives. 

It's so frustrating to participate in this discussion because PEmalite and SpokenTruth and a few others have so thoroughly debunked your arguments with actual science and sources, but your responses thus far have basically boiled down to 'facts aren't facts', or some philosophical variant of logic that basically gives you freedom to disregard what you want because it counters your point. Waste. Of. Time.