If the answer is 'Yes,' a set of what can be called ethical/moral axioms come with it. — Torus34

Not necessarily. Someone could conceive of God in a way outside of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition. Someone could conceive of God as Gaia or some type of universal mind or spirit in which case a systemic of ethics wouldn't automatically follow.

There's always the Flying Spaghetti Monster to consider. ;-)

I skipped a step in the OP. It was that once a god is accepted, there are a number of religions to choose from. Of course, one could always adopt the position that structured religions are unnecessary to believe in the existence of a god, but then such a position would lead to having to define a set of moral/ethical axioms, nu?

Regards, stay safe 'n well.

Not necessarily. Someone could conceive of God in a way outside of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition. Someone could conceive of God as Gaia or some type of universal mind or spirit in which case a systemic of ethics wouldn't automatically follow. — BitconnectCarlos

Good point! I was in the Agnostic "maybe" category, but developed a Deist god-concept based on the science of Information Theory, and concluded that a First Cause (the Enformer) must exist -- necessarily. But it would be similar to Plato's LOGOS. Since I have no direct revelation from that hypothetical creative deity, I've had to develop my own "system of ethics" from observation of the Creation. That god-model is compatible with something like Spinoza's "god of philosophers", which he called Universal Substance, and I call Information or Enformation. :smile:

Ironically, Atheists and Trolls on this forum still lump me into the "Yes" category with traditional
Abrahamic Theists. Perhaps that's because they can't conceive of belief in a logically necessary but non-empirical Principle of Existence.

A secular humanist — Torus34

Although, I practice no religion, and my ethic is essentially Secular Humanism, I do believe that an unknowable First Cause is the only reasonable explanation for the existence of my world. For me, it's not contradictory. :cool:

I think movement is like quantity and Time like quality, so movement causes time to start. Hence we have a consistent materialistic model that has no need for a super-mind. Whether or not matter can be in a vague energy or information state doesnt really affect this theory

The topic line gives the three possible responses to the question, 'Is there a god?' — Torus34

Define "god" or specify which conception of divinity is at issue, otherwise the question is incoherent.

I admit, thanks to a comment above, to there being more than three possible responses. 'god' was assumed to represent a supreme entity.

Regards, stay safe 'n well.

Define "god" or specify which conception of divinity is at issue, otherwise the question is incoherent. — 180 Proof

Yes no maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question. (song)

According to definition I think I can make all three answers feel correct to me. For examples...

Def: God (your god) is whatever is of central importance in your life; whatever you give your life up to. It might be money, or power, or justice or law, or love, or sadly, your own pleasure.
Answer - yes.
Def: God is the big guy in the sky who hates faggots, and likes everyone to sing His praises every Sunday, and doesn't want anyone to have any fun.
Answer - no.
Def: God is whatever, beyond the universe of space and time, had some purpose for setting things up just so, that we are participants in.
Answer - maybe.