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Read the entire thread-it is the same saga..throwing stones at the opposites...ever heard of ignostics? Here is a quote from another site :
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Before we ask ourselves if God exists we need to determine if the question is relevant, or even sensible. Ignosticism holds that the question is not important and in fact doesn't even make sense.

Ignostics believe that because God's existence has no verifiable consequences that the question is meaningless. Asking if God exists is likened to the question "What color are Sundays?". Atheists and Theists are both guilty of making the mistake of trying pose a serious answer to a ridiculous question.

Even if one decides that ignosticism isn't for them and decides that the question of God is worth trying to answer another problem must be decided before one can proceed. What the heck are you talking about when you say God?. Many of the common definitions of God lack cognitive meaning. Also almost every answer given in an attempt to define God does not actually describe God or his nature, but rather lists a relational attribute. Depending on who you ask relying soley on relational attributes may or may not be considered a valid method of providing a definition.
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Theological noncognitivism views religous language as ambiguious and free of inherint meaning. Thus while the question of God's existence may be considered legitimate, in order for an answer to be given God must first be defined in a satisfactory manner. Noncognitivists do not find meaning in any of the given definitions of God, and thus can not answer the question of his (or her, or its) existence.