God... Truth or fiction?

Is this your way of arguing? By not answering directly, are you trying to cover your tracks? The suspicion of your tautology is growing stronger. Let's break it down:

What are you trying to prove?

I'll answer: Nothing. It's an unfounded question because I'm simply refuting some of your statements that I consider to be incorrect.

If faith cannot be reasoned with, but is only an internal, heartfelt act, then let everyone believe what they want and not bother anyone else. But no, there are entire schools of theology that try to explain with reason what is, in principle, unexplainable.

Excuse me, but what is the point of this? Is this more of the same tautology? An attempt to evade the dialogue?

...I have already explained my point of view from both sides. Apparently, it was in vain. Well, then there is nothing to talk about. If you are interested, try to understand the essence of what I wrote above in the posts. Everything is perfectly clear there.

You shouldn't have sent me to read your earlier posts. It turns out that you were quite convincingly refuted from different sides by others, and your answers are far from adequate in terms of argumentation. And again – mostly just tautology, as in your answers to my posts. It seems that sticking to your opinion, even if it has been refuted, is more important to you than agreeing with reasonable arguments. That's a shame because it speaks to your weakness. One should be able to admit defeat easily and naturally.

Do you not like the word "atheism" applied to faith? Maybe that's all there is to it? Then it's clear.

Clear what? Didn't our dialogue, so to speak, start with this, and isn't this what I was refuting? I might not have even started writing if it weren't for the gross mistake you made, a person with a strong intellect and clearly a higher education, on which you based your reasoning. And yet, you acted as if we weren't even talking about that. I'm not sure if this was done intentionally.

What do I personally know about faith, and what path have I taken – it is not for you to judge, nor is it for you to assert.

Yes. A lot of empty rhetoric. But here, too, you are trying to cover your tracks, and I'm afraid, intentionally. After all, I substantiated my words and am ready to do so again: a person who equates the concepts of "opinion" and "faith" knows nothing about faith, not only on a personal level but also in history. Perhaps this is due to a careless attitude towards terminology? I agree that most of us are far from being walking encyclopedias. But to this extent!!! And what am I judging? Your spiritual path? Maybe you just want to think that about me? But I am not judging the person I don't know, but the specific mistake that was made publicly. Unfortunately, this mistake, in my opinion, belongs to you.

We are not talking about spiritual experience now, but about the definition of concepts in principle. Don't mix everything together.

Exactly. See above.

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What do I personally know about faith, and what path have I taken – it is not for you to judge, nor is it for you to assert. We are not talking about spiritual experience now, but about the definition of concepts in principle. Don't mix everything together.

This is precisely what is interesting: your experience, if you have any. What do concepts matter to me! We studied this in universities, but not everyone can boast about their experience. What is our topic here, God? So, share your experience of communicating with Him. Maybe I will learn something, and I think others will be interested too. And, by the way, it would be good if everyone wrote something about their own experience. That would be a positive thing! :smile36: