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Originally Posted by drkpower  You cant even follow the point.
It is very clearly expressed.
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I do not live my life in a certain way because my wife and kids exist. It is because of my love for them.
Equally, it is not the mere existence of God that causes people to live their life in a certain way. It is their faith in him.
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Okay, I'll give it another go. Your argument is that "love for my wife" is tantamount to someone's "love for God".
Now, let's say I said "I love my wife and kids", and you come to my house and find that I live alone, that there is no record of my wife, or of me ever having kids, that no-one has ever seen my wife or my kids, I have no pictures etc. etc.
Surely the existence of my "love", "hate", "jealously", "lust" for these people is utterly beside the point then, because there is an absence of evidence for their existence. You would conclude, rightly, that I am delusional ("Love" at that point, doesn't matter).
This is exactly what it's like for me when I hear people say "I love God". I have no evidence that God exists, so therefore their o"Love", "hate", "devotion" whatever inspired by God is beside the point. I conclude, rightly IMO, that they are delusional.
Now, as my wife and kids do actually exist, and I have evidence to support the fact that they exist, how am I being hypocritical?