Can humankind vote God or gods out of existence?

Question

If not, how can the larger number of followers justify believing that God or gods are real and the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pesto Be Upon Him) is not?

Answer 1

Just like everything that mankind creates, mankind can destroy. A god is no exception.

Answer 2

It appears that we are trying our best to vote God out of existance. It's become a very sad state because of this. Any type of religion (no matter if it is Judaism. Christianity, or Flying Spagetti Monster) that unifies people and promotes peace is a wonderful thing. No need to pit the two against one another. Why can't they both (God and FSM) live in our minds in harmony?

Answer 3

Gods don't get voted out of existence. Like old teddy bears, they end up, unloved, in an attic, somewhere.

It's called "most loved at the moment" syndrome; that brief space of time when a God is at their peak, and no other God can compete, in the eyes of it's devotees.

Don't worry, all Gods fade.

A good indication of the impending end for a God is the behaviour of it's followers. I think we're in the twilight, but don't tell too many people, they'll get upset....

Ssssh!

Answer 4

I agree with your response to King of Kings.



I believe in liberation. If I am not free, I may as well not exist at all. To be a slave of worship would be a most horrid existence.



Adoration, on the other hand -- I don't think anything beyond nature and what stems from it can deserve that. We cannot vote nature out of existence, I'm afraid, without voting out ourselves. It is existence. Existence is my only "god", and I'm an integral part of it.

Answer 5

Some deities could be seen in naturalistic terms as social constructs, or in more supernatural terms as emergent properties of collective psychic energy fields. Such entities could be thought in and out of existence in mimetic terms, but in terms of voting, not unless it was in response to a fervently held belief or charismatic figure. Being in a minority of one doesn't convince you you're wrong, so if these entities have this sort of ontological status, voting wouldn't make much difference.



Concerning the Flying Spaghetti Monster, i refer the questioner to my post on the Halfbakery:



http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Flying_20Electric_20Spaghetti_20Monster#1197210120

Answer 6

IDK yet i in many situations blame the dark a while for containing us back from technological awareness and technologies thnx to faith. If it wasnt for that crap back then... we'd've had treatments for ailments that we won't be able to scientific care immediately. we'd have technologies lots greater progressed then what we've precise now. Our planet would've been in so lots greater peace,and our international would become an best fulfillment. technological awareness is the certainly rationalization why we've technologies,treatments/drugs,and all that good stuff. yet somebody on R&S quoted technological awareness as faith of devil. So i think of he became into asserting that anybody merits to have ailments w/o treatments and occasional-down Tech/Machines it truly is been helping/assisting us the entire time. P.S - to tell you the certainty...faith isn't the project for wars,Its the human beings interior the religions inflicting the conflict.so as that Holy Wars and Terrorism crap became into probable made via some ungrateful,conflict-monging,non secular Douche-Bag,dont you think of?

Answer 7

Only if that god has been created by human imagination. As for Jesus, he is not creation but Creator. No arguement from me though, we both shall see in eternity.

Answer 8

You can't "vote" if something exists or not. I mean... if the majority of people said that I didn't exist, I would still exist.

Answer 9

That would depend on whether or not God(s) exist. If they don't exist, they can be abandoned and many of them have.

Answer 10

It is the other way around, God puts men that don't want him out of his Kingdom and into the kingdom of Satan where they must stay.

Answer 11

Hopefully, someday, people will wake up, educate themselves, and quit believing in superstitious nonsense.

Answer 12

St. Semola, they are crazy in the noodle!

Answer 13

GOD RULES and NO ONE can do anything to God! He is, was and is to come! Glory be to God!

Answer 14

no. God is omnipotent and can do anything.



btw: what is it with the "flying spaghetti monster" anyway?! what retard thought of that?!

Answer 15

not God