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Comment by WorldWideWayne

Every major religion defines God as the one and only thing that exists. The thing that every other thing is made out of. So, wouldn't existence itself be rational evidence for the existence of a thing that makes up all other things? What if we find something that looks like it's the single cause of all observable phenomena? (The most fundamental building-block of nature.) Have we found God?

The idea of God is so singular that I'm not sure regular logic can be applied here at all. What other thing do we rationalize about that is similar to the idea of God?

Are you sure that you're being rational or are you simply using one type of rational logic which lends itself mainly to materialism?

I guess the other problem is - what exact definition of "God" is anybody using at any given time?

EDIT: I don't mean for you to answer all of these questions, but it's fun to think about! :)

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