Spectrum:
Note you are making a claim,
"Many things can be a given, ...."
Obviously for intellectual sake, you have to support such a claim.
I proposed you list them out and give your own confidence level on each.
This should not be an issue at all.
Note, that I am not claiming specifically what the different reasons people believe God are. But that people believe in God for different reasons. I don't think there's a need to support that claim.
I understand theists will give all sorts of reason why they are a theist based on what they feel and can think of.
If that is true why do you need me to support my claim?
What I am claiming is there is an ultimate and proximate root causes why they are compelled to be a theist.
Its a given that there are causes for theistic beliefs, but I wouldn't categorise them as you have. That of course doesn't make you wrong, but it seems arbitrary to me.
I stated such an ultimate cause can be inferred from the holy books from God.
Such as?
I meant that in general there are primary set and secondary subsets.
As for the primary set for a belief in God we can trace that from the holy books from God to the various psychological factors, i.e. existential crisis, dilemma and angst.
I don't agree. You seem to be connecting the dots, but I don't think that you've demonstrated the specific correlation.
I was not referring to a non-believing theist. I was referring to a person who has converted to believe in God sincerely and the motivation was to marry the future theistic spouse. This is so common within Islam and Christianity.
If this was to occur, why would that make it a “secondary” reason for believing in God? Does the fact that the motivator is a person rather than the scriptures, make their belief secondary? If so why?
Note I have given you my definition of what is a unicorn which is fully empirical-based, thus cannot be absolutely perfect.
Your definition doesn't demonstrate that. I don't understand why you think it would?
Note the picture of a 'unicorn' I presented above. It is simply horse-liked with a sharp pointed horn in the front of the head.
The picture you posted is not meant to be a reflection of reality. Unicorns, as far as we know are imagined or mythical creatures, there's no empirical evidence of their existence.
Note horses exist empirically, so can a sharp pointed horn. Therefore a horse with a sharp pointed horn is an empirically possible albeit very slim. A horse with a squared-circle horn is not a possibility.
This is a belief and also a conflation (IMO). With this line of reasoning you can justify the possible existence of anything, because there are “empirical elements”. Like orbiting space tea pots.
Therefore it is empirically possible [odds are very slim] for horses with a sharp pointed horns in front of their head existing individually or as a species somewhere in the Universe.
Based upon current knowledge, there's no evidence of unicorns existing. Therefore, I think that the claim "unicorns don't exist" is reasonable. If we are to claim the possible existence of any mythical beings or creatures (of which unicorns are), because their existence is not impossible due to there being "empirical elements", where do we stop?
Agree with myself.
Nah this has nothing to do with Russell's tea pot. I could have say a table, chair, ball, or anything empirical on Earth.
As long as something is empirically-based, it is possible anywhere albeit very slim in outer space but it is not an impossibility.
Thus you have a belief. A belief which I think is unreasonable, but that's debatable.
Again that is your view.
It is common knowledge many theists accept a real God exists empirically who listens and answers their prayers.
Many theists claim they can feel and experience the presence of God.
Many theists are hoping Science will one say prove the existence of the God-Particle.
Why are you speaking for many theists? I haven't yet encountered a theist who believes that God is empirical. The theists I've encountered believe God to be a “spirit” of a “spiritual nature” or transcendent. I think that is the general consensus for people's ideas about God including atheists and agnostics.
Then you have to accept God is an impossibility within our default reality, i.e. the empirical-rational reality.
No, I don't. Even if I don't believe that God exists. I'm not sure what you mean by "empirical-rational reality"? Can you be more specific?
Where it is a speculative conjecture it is has no credibility at all, thus can be rejected for deliberation of reality.
Speculative conjecture doesn't as a rule mean error. We generally assess the validity and possibility of a claim or claims. Someone can have a hunch or a gut feeling about something that turns out to be correct.
What??
Buddhists will agree with my proposition 'the idea of God is psychological and its related problem should be addressed psychologically'.
I am specifically talking about philosophy forum users. I should of made that clear.
Btw, I have never expected theists nor atheists to accept my arguments in here. I can understand the reasons why do not accept my arguments. For many it is due to the lack of depth in philosophical knowledge and until they dig deeper, I am not expecting them to agree with me. What I am looking forward is as many counter arguments as possible to my thesis so that I can counter them to reinforce my thesis.
That you believe this is an error. If your argument is perfect, how can it be countered?
Again that is your opinion without justification.
Whatever counters you offered I have contra them effectively;
An opinion yes, but not without justification, because the counter-arguments are valid.
Theists believe, agnostics ponder and atheists analyse. A little bit of each should get us the right answer.