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This illustrates the problem as I see. This is a utility argument. You are saying that the statement I made is not useful. Before I debate that, I would ask to clarify. Are you saying that my statement as generalized is true but not useful?
No, he's saying it is meaningless. Your op in that thread stated:
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Personally, I believe that at a minimum, living one's life as if there is a God is the only logical choice
What does it mean to live one's life as if there is a god, in the absence of any particular religion? It is the religion (or other private belief system I guess) which regulates what it means to live as if there is a god.
For example, if there is a god who doesn't care about humans and what we do, then we don't change anything. If there is a god who rewards bad behaviour, we should treat each other like ****. Etc. Etc.
Given the thousands (more?) of different religions currently out there and in the past, it makes the whole concept meaningless and not useful as a guide to direct behaviour.