Yes, he is extremely sarcastic and condescending at times, usually when he is frustrated with an interlocutor for not recognizing or acknowledging the flaws in their reasoning or when they cannot understand his argument or if they are cocky

Oh I see.

Those guys aren't even pursuing knowledge, whereas I am.

Not with the senses we have. Can't see, hear or feel.. I assume you can't taste either, but never tried.

Yeah, some are. But don't get discouraged, keep asking questions.

And before your original question in this thread is answered, I think you ought to inquiry about how, if at all, things can be proven as "true". Then once you have a better understanding of this, look at the phenomena of God, and see what conditions would be required to prove/disprove the existence of God.

For an idea of how things are proven true, look into Aristotle's concept of first causes and principles


This post was edited by mike14e on May 6 2013 08:44am

Oh, that really sucks of Socrates then.

Yeah, but he did a lot to educate the people of Athens on an individual level, and worked to promote philosophy and the pursuit of knowledge, he just had a few personality quirks

can you think of it as tricking yourself into belief?

your posts could fool people into thinking that that is not what you do
and to further your understanding of the question you stated in the op
i really would recommend that you read at the link i gave in post #19

...no , think of it as approaching the subject with humility and rigorous honesty .

That is why they executed him.