Things you don't get.

[J-C]

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I totally get where you’re coming from, my point was purely about semantics, as the word you used doesn’t mean what I think you think it means. It’s as simple as that.

Your Santa example is a good one for the purpose of this discussion (re: semantics); you respect the belief of the child by not telling them “Santa doesn’t exist”. By saying “God is imaginary”, you are saying God does not exist. That’s implicit in the definition of that specific word you used and, with that in mind, I can’t agree with the definition you’ve applied. Admittedly I don’t have a perfect definition for the context of this discussion, but the closest I can come up with is “something which can be proven not to exist”.

Anyway, my reading of what you were saying was that you hadn’t intended to say “God doesn’t exist”, so I was trying to help clarify. You’ve clarified that yourself a few times now though, so I’ll get off my semantic high horse and stop confusing matters!

Until there is conclusive proof that he exists, God cannot exist, the Bible, Koran etc are stories and fables and as such prove nothing, much like any book of fiction is just that. Who's to say Scientology isn't real, many famous celebrities follow that ad I'd go as far as to say their not stupid people. what about Hindu's who believe in gods with multiple arms, is their gods the real ones? There is no proof for any deity or god as they are all beliefs, stories or fables handed down through the age.