Why do believers in god not understand what our English dictionaries define imagined as being?

Question

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imagine


im·ag·ine [ih-maj-in] Show IPA verb, im·ag·ined, im·ag·in·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
2.
to think, believe, or fancy: He imagined the house was haunted.
3.
to assume; suppose: I imagine they'll be here soon.
4.
to conjecture; guess: I cannot imagine what you mean.
5.
Archaic. to plan, scheme, or plot.


How does god not fit perfectly to the definitions of imagined?

Answer 1

That's a whole lot of imaging there, from Adam, to the 10 Commandments,

to the Red Sea, to King David, to Ruth, to Esther...wow, WHAT an imagination

someone must have to think it is all made up, imagined?



I demand a better imagination because I did not like the OT story, did you?

I reject it as imagination because it's just all too true. Too true that

people would do as they did, too true that they would hate one another,

kill one another.



You find that imagination?



What world do you live in anyway?

A nice one?



I found the bible so true I had trouble even opening it. It's too real, surreal,

so the opposite of your defintion.



And you could look up the archeological finds. One atheist archeologist

converted when he went on digs. He went to disprove the bible,

became a Christian.



C.S. Lewis did the same.



But I guess none of them are near as smart as you, huh?

Nor millions of others.

I felt as you did, though, for years until the light was shed.

All that can be done by those like you is mock, make fun of and

find legalistic, dictionary meanings. How boring, how confined,

and how untrue.



I think the Christians don't hop onto the question quite as

fast as non-believers, maybe that's the situation.



Is this what you were looking for then in your question? An answer?

Answer 2

1) How does god not fit perfectly to the definitions of imagined?



In this way: God is real.





Example: Assuming that you do not live with your grandmother, you can imagine your grandmother is doing the laundry. If she *is* doing the laundry, that doesn't mean that what you have imagined is not "imagined" - but it does mean that what you have imagined is (in this case, coincidentally) real.



So: just because God is imagined to be x or y or z does not mean that God himself is imaginary or "imagined" - just as you imagining that you grandmother is doing laundry does not mean that your grandmother is "imagined" or that your grandmother doing laundry is **nothing other** than a thing "imagined".





You seem to be attempting to use semantics in an effort to "prove" that God does not exist. Anyone competent in the English language will not fall for it, not even if they don't understand exactly what it is that you are trying to do. Their familiarity with the English language itself will foil your effort here.



- Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

Answer 3

Because there not allowed to read anything but the bible.

Answer 4

Shh... Stop trying to break their brainwashing! They are going to go on "Bible Quoting" mode.

Answer 5

You can fit your "god" into anything you'd like. He still doesn't exist.....so this "definition" means absolutely nothing.

Answer 6

Now look up the word "deceived".