@FedUpAmerican,
FedUpAmerican;36113 wrote:I understand the concept of God but I don't agree that it "denotes the greatest being in all existence." That's why I can't follow your theory. Sorry.
To me God is nothing but an excuse for people to turn from reality. There is nothing I find great in the concept of God.
We obviously have different definitions.
You're just not comprehending, I'll simplify it further.
You contend that God is an excuse for people to turn from reality, fine, good for you for actually having an opinion...but how do you know the word "god"?
You know what the word means, if you don't, then you're opinion on this matter is null.
So, since you understand the meaning of the word "god" to be "the greatest being in the world", again, whether you accept or reject this as real, you UNDERSTAND the concept. Thus, it exists in the imaginary, and thus must logically exist in reality.
It's like.......pink zebras. I don't believe they exist, but I understand the meaning of "pink zebras", and thus they DO exist in the imaginary, simply not in the reality. Similarly a white/black zebra's meaning exists in my understanding, AND it exists in reality as an imperfect representation of the concept of "zebra".