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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start off by saying that the strongest evidence that God, a Christian/Jewish/Muslim God, cannot exist, is pure logic, I will demonstrate below.

However, I am interested in to why you get angry with God? If you believe in free will, then God can have NO influence on anything in the world to make sure it is completely free, if you think everyone has a destiny that God shapes, he then predestines people for hell, which would seem completely contrary to God&#039; nature. To say that a little of both are true is simply a foolish escape from answering the question of whether free will exists or not.

But let&#039;s look at God from a logical point of view.

We must accept a few things first, which should be acceptable to anyone who has taken a high-school science course, or who knows anything about anything.

First, we know everything in the universe that interacts is made of matter and energy. Anti-matter, dark-matter, etc, is all matter and energy nonetheless. This is a proven fact, and common sense for anyone. if you have proof otherwise, please let me know.

Secondly, because of this, in order to interact with the Universe, God must be made of matter and energy. if he is, he is bound by the laws of physics and the rules and laws of this world, because he is made of that which must obey them. This makes miracles and such impossible, because God cannot do these miracles.

if you say he lives outside of the world beyond all capacity, then you are also saying that he CAN NOT interact with the physical world. If so, miracles are still impossible, and praying, and other such acts asking him to intervene in life, are all fruitless, since it would not be within God;s power, which brings me to my next point.

Omnipotence, or being all-powerful, is a logically self-contradictory concept. It is impossible to do everything. We&#039;ve all heard the common proposition &quot;can God make a rock so heavy he can&#039;t lift?&quot; It is perfectly valid, and shows how it is impossible to be able to do everything. Therefore, God logically cannot be all-powerful.

You could argue that God is not bound by logic, however that would be unfair of God. He must be bound by that which he creates, less he be an unjust God? Breaking his own rules doesn&#039;t seem very fitting.

There are all kinds of arguments like &#039;God is beyond our capacity to understand&quot; and &#039;God&#039;s powers are too great&quot; and these are all find arguments, however, these same people who propose these arguments claim to know how God thinks and works and what exactly it takes to go to heaven. This is to know the mind of God. So the argument is flawed at it&#039;s core, beginning the question &quot;Did you talk to God to find this out?&quot; The answer is a determinative, &quot;no.&quot;

The logical contradictions God on and on in a myriad ways. I have simply put forward very basic concepts. I feel like many of the arguments here are really taken on a logical level, when logic is the most powerful tool to prove that God cannot exist.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me start off by saying that the strongest evidence that God, a Christian/Jewish/Muslim God, cannot exist, is pure logic, I will demonstrate below.</p>
<p>However, I am interested in to why you get angry with God? If you believe in free will, then God can have NO influence on anything in the world to make sure it is completely free, if you think everyone has a destiny that God shapes, he then predestines people for hell, which would seem completely contrary to God&#8217; nature. To say that a little of both are true is simply a foolish escape from answering the question of whether free will exists or not.</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s look at God from a logical point of view.</p>
<p>We must accept a few things first, which should be acceptable to anyone who has taken a high-school science course, or who knows anything about anything.</p>
<p>First, we know everything in the universe that interacts is made of matter and energy. Anti-matter, dark-matter, etc, is all matter and energy nonetheless. This is a proven fact, and common sense for anyone. if you have proof otherwise, please let me know.</p>
<p>Secondly, because of this, in order to interact with the Universe, God must be made of matter and energy. if he is, he is bound by the laws of physics and the rules and laws of this world, because he is made of that which must obey them. This makes miracles and such impossible, because God cannot do these miracles.</p>
<p>if you say he lives outside of the world beyond all capacity, then you are also saying that he CAN NOT interact with the physical world. If so, miracles are still impossible, and praying, and other such acts asking him to intervene in life, are all fruitless, since it would not be within God;s power, which brings me to my next point.</p>
<p>Omnipotence, or being all-powerful, is a logically self-contradictory concept. It is impossible to do everything. We&#8217;ve all heard the common proposition &#8220;can God make a rock so heavy he can&#8217;t lift?&#8221; It is perfectly valid, and shows how it is impossible to be able to do everything. Therefore, God logically cannot be all-powerful.</p>
<p>You could argue that God is not bound by logic, however that would be unfair of God. He must be bound by that which he creates, less he be an unjust God? Breaking his own rules doesn&#8217;t seem very fitting.</p>
<p>There are all kinds of arguments like &#8216;God is beyond our capacity to understand&#8221; and &#8216;God&#8217;s powers are too great&#8221; and these are all find arguments, however, these same people who propose these arguments claim to know how God thinks and works and what exactly it takes to go to heaven. This is to know the mind of God. So the argument is flawed at it&#8217;s core, beginning the question &#8220;Did you talk to God to find this out?&#8221; The answer is a determinative, &#8220;no.&#8221;</p>
<p>The logical contradictions God on and on in a myriad ways. I have simply put forward very basic concepts. I feel like many of the arguments here are really taken on a logical level, when logic is the most powerful tool to prove that God cannot exist.</p>
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