Dear Atheists (only atheists please)...?

Question

If you cannot describe the character of the god that you believe does not exist, then you cannot say that it does not exist because god could merely stand for a great warrior or mother nature. Please explain in fair amount of detail what god you believe does not exists since I did not get the answers I was looking for in my last question.

Answer 1

Actually, many Atheists agree with you and use this to claim with 100% certainty that no Gods exist. From this, they conclude that the definition of God is incoherent and has no definition. Something that cannot be defined cannot be claimed to exist as it has no conditional to be true or false.

This is called the Argument from Theological Noncognitivism.

Personally, I define a deity as being a supernatural, anthropomorphic entity that created the universe.

Answer 2

I'm not an athiest, but I do believe that most people who are become that way because the Christian religion is so contradictary that anyone who has even a small amount of logic could figure out what a load of crap it is. I mean... some guy died for our sins before we were even born and able to commit them? it says in the bible that the messiah would end all world suffering and war but we are now in a war that kills people every single day? Does anyone find it a little odd that Jesus is the son of God and a mortal just as hercules was? Doesnt anyone find that a bit too much of a "coincidence"? I think the whole Jesus thing was made up by early roman paganists and there is loads of proof that this is true. the only thing i wish is that people would stop questioning God when they should be questioning Christianity and its hypocrites.

Answer 3

There are many different conceptions of what a deity is.

I do not believe in a supernatural. Anything causally connected to the 'natural' is, by definition, natural. So, if you require God to be supernatural, I don't believe in it.

Some people point to a creator of the universe. I don't believe such a concept even makes sense. The universe is everything causally connected to us, so a creator would be part of the universe. But this violates the causality needed to be a creator.

Some identify God with the universe as a whole. I believe in such an entity, but do not believe it has a personality or in any way is concerned with what humans do. Idon't believe in a pantheistic deity with a human-like personality.

Some identify God with some sort of super-hero. In my mind, this is trivializing the concept. While there very well may be more powerful beings in the universe than humans, I don't think that qualifies them to be called gods.

Does that help?

Answer 4

Sweetie....please listen good and with an open heart. :-) I don't care if people believe in deity or not. It's their CHOICE. It's their LIVES, not mine. I will never insult you and other theists by saying "why believe? Deity does not exist, duh!"

That is offensive to theists, and I don't do that. I do not block others who are seeking a religion or spirituality if they want to believe in a deity. I have even helped others with their faith here!

I am stating here and in the prior question of yours that deity does not exist _to_me_. That is why I cannot describe the deity's traits. I will never say to you and others that deity does not exist and that you should be an atheist. That is offensive to you. I kindly ask for the same respect in return. :-)

My prior answer to you stands....cuz I cannot safely or correctly describe a deity that I do not believe that exists.

Yours in Humanity,
BluueNikki

Answer 5

If any God exists (especially one that sets down rules to live by), then we DON'T exist.

A seemingly kind man hands me the deed to a house. So, the house is completely mine and I set about painting it yellow. I work on my car in the front yard. And sometimes I have sex with my wife in different rooms. The man comes by and tells me that I can only paint the house white, that any repairs to my car must be done in the garage, and that I can only have sex in the bedroom. He also informs me that he will burn the house down if I do not obey. Clearly, if I must obey him, then the house isn't mine, just as if I can't do what I want with my life, then my life isn't mine. So, what's the sense of living if some omnipotent being is pulling my strings?

I am my God, my judge, and it's my life.
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Also consider the kind of God people worship:

A man steals his neighbor's Corvette, gets caught and serves six months to two years in jail. This is pretty fair, right? One of the commandments, however, reads: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. So, for just THINKING that you wish you had a car like your neighbor's car, God is ready to condemn you to all eternity in the fires of hell. Who would worship such a cruel God?

Answer 6

Explain the character of invisible monsters in your closet.

God has those exact same characteristics.

Gods are invented by humans, irrespective of its "nature," and it only exists to the person who claims it to be so. To others, it does not exist as "god."

Answer 7

We athiests are very politically correct -- we don't favour any particular gods not to believe in. In fact I disbelieve all 5000-plus gods that currently exist (Oops, I mean don't exist) and I also disbelieve in all future gods that haven't yet been invented.

In addition to the gods mentioned not by name above, I include all past and future prophets of said gods (above) in my disbelief system

Answer 8

This is very simple. There is no higher being pulling strings on little talking monkeys. This includes God, Allah, Mother Nature, or any other deity. One cannot describe nothing.

Answer 9

Describe what God does not exist? Hmmm ... can think of millions of "gods" that don't exist ... let's start with George Bush's God .... now HE would be a weird figure ....

Answer 10

Supernatural