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Originally posted by Yorick:
There is a big diff between the statement "There is no God" and "I do not know God" or even "I have no experience of a God, and do not have any knowledge of one existing".
The latter two allow for anothers reality. The first - an atheistic statement - devalidates the experience of others.
In any case, atheists are wrong.  (I hear you Barry)
God exists. The very fact that we are talking about God proves that he exists - even as an abstract concept alone. You cannot talk about something which does not exist. WHERE God exists (Inside the human mind? Throughout all creation?) is a matter for discussion. WHAT God is (A mental creation? A creator awareness? A physical entity?) Is also open for discussion.
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The statement, “there is no god” can, as you stated, devaluate the experience of others. I insert that the statement, “there is a god” dose exactly the same thing. There are, most likely, individuals who have had life experiences that prove, to them, that there is no god.
“The very fact that we are talking about god proves that he exists”. I do not agree with this statement. The only thing that is proven by the fact that we are able to discuss a word is the fact that the word exists, not the meaning behind it.