Why do atheists not believe there is a/ are God/gods?

Question

Since atheist believe there is no such thing as a God/gods, they must believe in them selves. With doing so, why do atheist think man is the superior of all things?!

Sorry about "superior of all things". What I ment is "you are your own ruler of every thing you do and don't do".

Answer 1

Some religious people are so used to worshiping a god or gods that they find it difficult to believe that non-theists don't worship anything at all, but it's true nonetheless. We don't worship anyone or anything. Not science. Not ourselves. That's a falsehood. Nor do we consider ourselves superior to all things. We are what we are. Some consider humankind the highest evolved animal, but not all agree even on that.

And Humanism is NOT the belief that humans are superior intellects. Humanists like myself believe that morality is based on human need and experience and that we should rely on human resolve and reason to solve our problems, rather than looking beyond ourselves for divine rescue or guidance. In short, it's up to us.

Answer 2

It is naive to say that atheists believe that "man is the superior of all things." That is no doubt something you've heard from fundamentalist Christians who condemn anyone who doesn't believe as they do (in fairness, this is what the Bible tells them to do. Jesus said "No man cometh unto the Father but by me" leaving no room for any other faith or belief system).

Athiests, as a rule, believe no such thing. Most athiests do not believe that "Man is the superior of all things." (or superior to all things, which is what I think you were trying to say). Quite the contrary, they believe just the opposite - that man is just another "thing", like horses, or rocks. Just another natural creation of the universe, a result of the long chain of physical forces and chemical reactions that have gone on for billions of years.

If one finds a ball on their lawn, it is possible that it was kicked, or thrown, or placed there by a person, or maybe a dog. It is also possible, of course, that there are alien beings visiting Earth who enjoy putting balls on peoples lawns, and they dropped that ball there just for the heck of it. Which is the more likely scenario? Logically, and obviously, it is the first one. There is no need to imagine that alien beings exist, or that they had anything to do with the ball getting there.

It is know scientific fact that physical forces can create mountains, rivers, rocks, animals, and people (given extremely long periods of time). No reputable scientist doubts that despite what fundamentalists, and only fundamentalists, say.

So... It is possible that the mountains were pushed up by tectonic plates, that rivers are formed by water erosion, that animals change over time and that humans are a part of that process of change. Or, it is possible that an all-powerful, invisible Being packed some wet sand together into the shape of a human body, blew into it's nose, and thus instantly made it come alive as a fully formed human - already educated and able to talk, etc.

Athiests simply believe that the first scenario makes much more sense than the second one. Just as the presence of a ball on your lawn doesn't mean that alien beings exist, so the presence of mountains, trees and people doesn't mean that gods, including the Christian God, have to exist.

There is a scientific principle called Occam's Razor which states that the explanation of any phenomenon (including the existence of man) should make as few assumptions as possible. When given two equally valid explanations for a phenomenon, the less complicated one is most likely correct. The Latin principle called "lex parsimoniae" ("Law of Succinctness") states "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity."

So Athiests find no reason to imagine the existence of an supernatural, inexplicable and invisible entity to explain the existence of the universe.

Having said that... The Athiest in my opinion is just as mistaken as the religious indoctrinate. No one can prove that God exists, but it is equally foolish to firmly believe that God does NOT exist. No objective, verifiable and unquestionable proof exists either way.

A more logical and reasonable position is that of the "Agnostic." An agnostic is one who believes that there may or may not be a "God," but no one can truly know if God exists. As for myself, I cannot believe, and I do not WANT to believe, that there is a mystical, invisible, and omnipotent being who, although he has the power to stop it, lets babies die every day of starvation and disease. Who loves all of mankind, but will throw most of humanity (or even one person) into a "lake of fire which burns forever and ever." I'm sure glad that's not the quality of love that my mother gave me.

Whatever you do believe, however, I wish you the best in your quest for the truth, and I sincerely hope that you will give others the respect and courtesy they deserve to do the same.

Answer 3

I think Carl Sagan said it best when he said that I am not an atheists, I have trouble with people from both sides, those that assume there is no God and those that assume that there is, why are they always pressuring people to decide one way or the other to something of which there is absolutely no evidence to confirm nor deny. Plus Athiest do not see them selves as superiour to all, that is a generalized statement. There are people on both sides that think the same way, just as some Christians believe that they are to superior to have evolved from other primates.

Answer 4

Ok first of all, your questions ARE very misleading. You think we selfish people who believe in ONLY mankind, well guess what? You're wrong. Do we have proof that there is a god?No we don't. And the bible tells that God wants you to believe in him and not lie or steal and listen to your parents... well nobody's perfect. And Im not sure if he's real and I quit believing because I almost commit suicide because I thought god was punishing me for my sins when all the bad stuff happened to me. It's hard to base your life on religion and crap. Look in your history book, is there a god for every single religion? No. There's no sky portal with millions of gods for every religion for ever person who believes in every religion to pick up. It's hard to explain but what I've been trying to explain is really what an athiest is, not some "selfish" idiot, as you call us, who bases our life on mankind. Think Again. Get a life, put other people first, not only god.

Answer 5

Don't make such assumptions about people. Just because I don't believe in a god, much less your god, doesn't mean I think I'M god. Sure, I believe in myself. I can proove that I'm here to myself - I have no proof of a god.

When I want something, I go get it. God doesn't give it to me. Everything good that's happened in my life has been due to my own actions or other people's direct actions. No god has ever shown any sign of interferring. If everything I see and experience has a logical, natural explanation, why look elsewhere?

Answer 6

I can't answer for any Atheist except for myself.

The question I ask myself is: why do other people believe that God exists? Upon my own examination of this question (not exhaustive, but including reading the Bible, the Koran, the Baghavad-Gita, the Book of Mormon, and attending Bible Studies on several campuses, attending several churches, etc.), I haven't been able to find any really good reasons for believing in God, or in any specific religion.

So, basically, why don't I believe in God? Because I haven't found a good reason to believe in God.

Answer 7

Not all atheists think man is superior to all things, in fact very few do. There is a little blue planet floating in the universe with lots of life on it. The vast majority of life there is bacteria. As for complex life, the vast majority is beetles (over 300,000 species) and there is a primate that got a larger brain. He can be wiped out by disease, comets, radiation, whatever. He is not "superior to all things".

Answer 8

As an atheist, I do not view humans as superior - quite the contrary. It is the religious who seem to think that humans (usually only the ones of their religion) are the chosen race. Can't really say chosen animal or species, because so many don't accept those designations for humans.

Answer 9

Time has proven thusly. All other species on Earth are endangered by only one animal, MAN. But in answer to your question, the definition of "Atheist" is believing that there are no gods. What 's the problem here? Are you asking an Atheist to PROVE that their is no god? That would be illogical, as NO ONE can prove a negative.

Answer 10

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