Talk:Existence of God
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Remove God(s) or deities
editFocus in only on the Christian God of the Bible put the other ‘God’s’ separately these arguments are for the Christian God of the universe there’s a problem of requiring a trans philosophy of theocratic theology as if conjoined with other mono theisms, this creates a false argument when connected with non Judeo Christian epistemologies and metaphysics. Christianity especially Catholicism teaches of a mono theistic religious teaching one God consubstantial in the Trinitarian teaching and eschatology of Man’s purpose and anthropology therefore uniquely distinct. Please consider these as a set of different teachings. 92.234.203.209 (talk) 21:29, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- I agree, but not for the same reason. "God" is used in a general sense to refer to a supreme being. Wikipedia already shows that different religious and philosophical belief systems have different names for God and conceptions of God. The term "deities" is irrelevant and should be removed from this article. Bezora (talk) 05:54, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- I would disagree on the deities call. While, yes, Wikipedia shows all the different names of different gods, deity is still commonly used to refer to a 'god' in polytheistic religions due in part to the term 'god' being connotative of belief in one god. While the article does a good job parsing between the different beliefs, it is a helpful tool for those to understand which religious context it is referring to. DomLus (talk) 15:53, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Worldwide view
editThe article doesn't seem to "deal primarily with Christianity". The editor who tagged this may have conflated classical theism with Christianity. The classical theist conception of God has historically been the topic of interest in the philosophy of religion, so not much can be done about this. Bezora (talk) 12:27, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
What about Sisyphus?
editFor the Ancients, myths were stories worth reflecting thereupon, but not dogmas. So, it would be fallacious to infer a metaphysical belief from the myth of Sisyphus. Greek-Roman religions had some metaphysical beliefs, but broadly speaking they did not have Scripture. So, the myth of Sisyphus wasn't Scripture and need not reflect Ancient metaphysical beliefs. Religion was the worship of the gods, rather than stories about the gods. tgeorgescu (talk) 20:44, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Section on Argument from ancient ignorance?
editI was looking for info on "Argument from ancient ignorance" (i.e. the lack of knowledge about the vastness of the universe, scientific concepts, or other phenomena in ancient religious texts indicates that these texts are not divinely inspired. The argument posits that a truly omniscient being would not have omitted such fundamental knowledge if the texts were meant to be a comprehensive guide to reality.) Is it somewhere but I haven't found it? Or should I write it myself? (I'm not an expert) Or is it not worthy of a page or section? Thanks Talk to SageGreenRider 21:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
The Problem of Hell
editHello! Brand new Wikipedian here. Was trying to add in what I thought was some necessary information, but it got edited out. I just wanted to know if there was something I should have added to my edit about how the problem of hell does not take into account the popular theory of annihilationism, or is there a separate reason as to why that should not have been there. DomLus (talk) 15:23, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- This edit seems to border on original research. Please see WP:OR, WP:V, and WP:RS - the claim is not self-evident, so it needs an inline citation from a credible source. If you can find a high-quality book, article, etc. that relates annihilationism to the problem of hell, you can WP:CITE it in a new edit. You also seem to have marked this edit as minor, which is incorrect - no edit that makes substantive changes is a minor edit. Anerdw (talk) 16:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
God is real ?
editYes.Allah is God 36.255.82.232 (talk) 16:02, 11 December 2024 (UTC)