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[Freethinker]

Of course god exists. God is a mark left on underwear if someone does not wipe themselves completely. And I know that exists.

OK, I gave that reply to show why this question is just the fallacy of the complex question. It can not be answered without a much greater level of information being given.

The word "GOD" is used by so many different people to mean so many different things, that without providing a specific defintion of the term as it is intended here, no serious answer can be given. Even if a somehwat more detailed question is provided it could still be difficult to answer. e.g. if the question was:

"Does the Christian god exist?"

We would still have the problem that Christians can not agree amoungts themselves as to what this god might be. Yes there are some comonalities, but there are also differences. But I will add to the discussion as I can.

"Is there a god?"

As I stated in the beginning, yes my god exists. A good cleaning gets rid of the problem however.

"Is he the reason for existence?"

What makes you think there IS a "reason for existence"? I fail to see anything that indicates there may even be a singular "reason for existence". Just another Fallacy of Argumentation. Begging the Question. A priori thought process. I could ask "What is north of the north pole?" But just because I can assemble the words into a quesation form does not mean that the question makes any sense/ can be answered.

At best, each of us are on our own to invent a personal reason for our personal existence. Some want to blindly accept outside influence such as a god claim. I do not sell my existence that short. I will use the only life we KNOW we have to acheive as much positive as I can for this actual existence. I will not waste me time or efforts to support antiquated religious dogma which has ALWAYS been harmful for humanity.

" Is the bible correct?"

Is there a girl that wears a red cape on occasion? I am sure there is. And just as the Little Red Ridinghood fairytale has some basis of fact in it, that does not give the story any validity in total. So the only accurate answer to your question is "Yes it is correct in some parts, but it is filled with well identified errors and contradictions. Just as any other series of fairytales.

"Is god a he or a she?"

No, god is a stain. Prove me wrong.

"What are your views on god?"

If by god we mean the POV used by religions, god represents the worst of humanity. It has been the reason for more wars, death, killing, ignorace, promotion of hatred and prejudice, ... than any other single reasons.

There have been over 1,000 god(s, esses...) promted throught history. Today most people reject all but one or two of them. The same reasons are given for rejecting the other 999+ that I use to add one more name to the list.

"What experiences have you had? "

As a young person I was considered religious (Catholic). I even had what would be described as religious experience. As I got older and more educated I came to understand the physiology behind these and had similar experiences under any number of other situations. I ahve also learned about things like Optical Illusions and Magicans. These PROVE that a personal experience is of little use for determining reality. Our senese are easily fooled. Thus we show we are fools if we allow too much weight to be given to such experiences for making reasoned, logical evaluation to things.