can there be a god if he has no believers?
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Wow, good question!\n\nFirstly, your question is concerned with the idea that God believes in Himself. If He believes in Himself then He still has one believer. But then anyone of us could believe that we are God, which is why I would prefer to use the definition of God as our creator.\n\nSince you are asking 'can there be a God if...' can we first start with the assumption that there is a God, and he does have believers? If you can accept this idea, then it should be quite easy to accept that He doesn't just cease when people stop believing. He still created us, even if the creations reject him.\n\nOf course it depends what you mean by 'be'! If we don't talk about, or know about, God, then what would be the point in there 'being' a God. If he has no point, then is his existance still relevant?\n\nI've asked more questions than I have answered, but I hope this gives you something to chew on!
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No, there is no god.\nThe only thing there is to believe in, is yourself.
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A good point. Religions are supposedly faith-based, but then tack on requirements to keep that particular label. Even an agnostic has to meet the requirement of believing there is no God, so I guess the answer is no religion meets the parameter of not requiring anything to be a part of it.
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There is no proof that God does not exist.\nThink about it:  if God does not exist, then there cannot be any proof of His non-existence.  You can never prove that something does NOT exist.\n\nSo, what does that make a person who believes that God does not exist (aka atheist)?  Someone who believes something based on no evidence.  And what do we call a belief based on no evidence?  Faith.\n\nAtheism is just another religion, with all the texts, all the dogma, and all the faith necessary for any other mainstream religion.
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if there is no god, people would be pretty stupid for doing all these crazy things such as making a church, publishing a bible, doing crazy dances, and worshiping someone who doesnt exist. we do this because he is real.
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An athiest does not believe that there are, wre, or ever will be any god or gods, deities, higher powers or anything like that.\n\nAn Agnostic accepts that there MIGHT be something beyone ourselves, but that it is not possible to know or understand anything about what the nature of that may be...
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Actually, many Atheists agree with you and use this to claim with 100% certainty that no Gods exist. From this, they conclude that the definition of God is incoherent and has no definition. Something that cannot be defined cannot be claimed to exist as it has no conditional to be true or false.\n\nThis is called the Argument from Theological Noncognitivism.\n\nPersonally, I define a deity as being a supernatural, anthropomorphic entity that created the universe.
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No, once you start believing in a god, you stop being an atheist. Knowing that god doesn't exist is the definition of atheism. An atheist could still have a religion, though. Buddhists, for example. An atheist might believe in other supernatural things, besides god. Usually not, though. Atheists don't think that religion doesn't exist, if that's what you mean. That would be stupid. I'm perfectly aware of the existance of religion, I just find it pointless.
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Yes, if you didn't question His existance every now and then, then I would have to question whether you believe in Him or are just following what others have told you to believe. Questioning is a part of being human - curiostity, you must think logically and a lot of matters to do with good are not always logical, but I think that these matters are outside of our realm of understanding and I figure that it may be for the best. So yes I believe in God (don't really fear Him as much as some people) but I think it is healthy to question His existance to create a better, stronger belief.
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God is not a person in flesh. He is in the form of Spirit. Man can never become God. How can a created one become a Uncreated One?
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It would take ABSOLUTE proof that He didn't exist.  No questions.  Someone would have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that God does NOT exist.
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Everybody has a god, whether it be Jesus, Budda, money, themselves.  You just have to ask yourself what is my god offering me now and when I pass away.  If you don't like the answer, find a new god.  (I suggest Jesus)
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if you refrain from saying God, faith and beliefs when answering this question,then there can be no answer to your question, that is what  the bible teaches.. without GOD there is no hope and without beliefs there is no GOD !! a person has to believe in his heart without scientific proof that there is a GOD and without the bible how can they teach????
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They certainly can co-exist\n\nI find it amazing that people who worship a "perfect" god do not believe that their god is capable of creating a being that adapts to it's environment, or evolves.
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There is no God..thanks for the points
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God doesn't exist plain and simple\njust believe in peace and harmony
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Your assumption is incorrect. Atheism does *not* mean that you know for a fact that there is no God without a possibility of being mistaken. Atheism is simply a belief that there is no God.