How does it make any sense that we should be expected to supply for you proof of something we do not believe in?? I find that ludacris.
Don't you agree that the burden of proving God's existence should lie with you?
2006-10-01 10:03:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
JT, I concur.
2006-10-01 10:07:33 · update #1
Suspendor....I'm giving you a thumbs up for being respectful in your honesty.
2006-10-01 10:11:36 · update #2
angeltress.....I posed my question simply because another questioner had just demended we atheists disprove his existence. I don't make it a habit of demanding that the faithful provide for me proof. Therefore, why should I have the same demands placed on me?
2006-10-01 10:26:53 · update #3
No Namtrac, I don't.
2006-10-01 13:51:41 · update #4
Ichee...they are doing just fine. Thank you for asking. The oldest works in Corrections, and is planning to attend the next class at the State Police Academy. My teenager is just that, and my 11 year old has been making stop motion animation movies. He wants to attend Carnegie Mellon University, and enter the film industry.
2006-10-01 14:16:58 · update #5
Brains & Beauty....I tried replying to your mail but it wouldn't go through. I am experiencing computer problems. Good night to you as well.
2006-10-01 15:08:15 · update #6
Christianity cannot claim that God is omniscient and also claim that humans have free will. It's a paradox. If God is omniscient then humans do not have free will and the choice of God to condemn many individuals to eternal damnation is evil. If humans have true free will then God cannot be omniscient. If he is not omniscient then he also cannot be omnipotent since knowledge of the future is a prerequisite for total action. Without these abilities God can no longer be deemed a god – i.e. God does not exist. If humans do not have free will then the choice of whether to choose Jesus as a savior or not makes total nonsense of Christianity since the choice is pre-determined and we are merely puppets at the hands of an evil monster.
2006-10-01 10:10:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I do not ask any Atheist to disprove my belief, rather I try to understand and explore why or how an Atheist can believe in nothing.
The concept of nothing to be honest boggles the mind because everything we know is something tangible.
Sometimes the answers I see are quite derogatory from some Atheist and agnostics labelling Christians as morons or brainwashed. although, there has been slandering both ways.
I can see where the argument perpetuates.
Now, the burden of God cannot possibly be on a person to prove it to another. It is within a person himself to believe and show that to others.
Likewise, the dispelling of what you do not believe is, well, impossible.
Some dispel emphatically the non-existence due to their belief which in itself is self defeating.
Challenging the policy, and not the person, makes for a good debate and not an enemy.
2006-10-01 19:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by dyke_in_heat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you---- I think it is a complete contradiction to ask an Atheist to prove something doesn't exist. I believe that only by evolving can one know what exists. All beings are not created equal and do not possess the same abilities to advance. Some will know and experience things others will never even acknowledge as a possibility. How many people died before Columbus discovered the earth was not flat? They went to their graves believing the earth was flat ! That was their reality, the Truth they knew and died with. Personally, I do not need to prove the existence of God to anyone my truth is mine based on my Life experience. Good night Spooky sleep well.
2006-10-01 22:05:17 · answer #3 · answered by Brains & Beauty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
totally agree. i'm not atheist, but i DO think that everyone should stop asking for proof one way or another. faith, or lack thereof, is a completely COMPLETELY personal choice, and no one should have to explain a belief that is in no way affecting another human being.
and yes, its very silly for someone to ask you to prove that God doesn't exist. Especially since, yes, science in a lot of ways disproves it in the typical meaning. For example, Adam and Eve... If they are the original humans and the base ancestors of all of us, and if Eve was OF Adam, then how the hell did we get all these different blood types??? See? I have faith but I also believe that science explains alot that myths sought to explain through religion and such, and we shouldn't be ignorant of it.
...sorry for that little rant.... i agree.... lol :)
2006-10-01 17:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's what I've been saying all along, Spooky. The burdon of proof rests squarely upon the shoulders of those making the positive assertion. If every being and concept "believed in" or "suggested to exist" were accepted as existing, we would be crushed under the weight of millions upon millions of myths, delusions and flights of fancy.
2006-10-01 17:09:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
your right it is like trying to prove you are innocent of a crime, not a good idea. It is also a poor witness if one challenges another the reaction is to fight or hide and how is that going to assist anyone in getting to know your best friend, a more successful way would be to say here is my friend Jesus He is interested in your well being and is open to questions I'll give ya His number any time you ask for it meanwhile how are those boys of yours doing
2006-10-01 21:12:10 · answer #6 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100% that the burden of proof lies with the theists.
Edit: Just read netjunkie's answer; now there's a thinking girl! That's DEFINITELY the best answer.
2006-10-01 17:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why should there be a "burden of proof" at all?
God exists, that is enough for me. He has already provided all the proof I need for me to believe in Him.
If it is not enough for you, then the burden to prove it or disprove it is to yourself. Your faith, or lack of it, is ultimately a matter between you and God, and is really none of anyone else's business.....
2006-10-01 17:21:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why do you resist us? Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. You will be adapted to service us. The borg or religion?
They aren't interested in what you believe. They just want another voice in the chorus. Someone else to give them the self-actualisation that they crave from their religion but never quite get. They don't need you to think...they'll do that for you.
2006-10-01 17:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why do you ask that? If you don't believe in God, you should have a valid reason. That is being hypocritical. You are saying that we should explain our behavior, but you don't have to explain your behavior? So that makes you more sane than us? That's like saying the sun doesn't exist. You tell us to prove that there is a Sun, (and, btw we can prove there is a God) but YOU DON'T HAVE to give an explanation for why you believe what you believe. So I guess your beliefs are the end- all be-all right? Seeing as how you don't have to explain yourself.
2006-10-01 17:20:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋