Logic tells us to only believe in something proven, and an atheist does just that. Faith is something entirely different, I agree, but if faith is not considered, isn't atheism or agnosticism the most logical choice to make regarding the god question?
2006-10-22 11:28:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheism cannot be proved anymore than the belief that no invisible toasters are floating around a planet we cannot see. However, is it logical to believe that there are invisible toasters floating around a planet we cannot see?
2006-10-22 11:40:12 · update #1
Jesus rocks hamster person- Is my question any more validating towards my beliefs than your answer is validating towards yours? I think not.
2006-10-22 11:42:17 · update #2
Is faith more important if I do believe in invisible toasters? I would think not.
2006-10-22 11:43:08 · update #3
How has atheism been proven????? Atheism and agnosticism are just as much an aspect of faith as any religion. They choose to interpret the evidence differently. It's like statistics, give the same data to say three different statisticians and you'll get three different version's of what the data show's.
2006-10-22 11:32:57 · answer #1 · answered by berg 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Since it impossible to empirically prove or disprove the existence of that which cannot be detected, such as God, then logic can neither reject nor accept such a being. Logic dictates that we keep an open mind until such time as one side or the other gives us some solid and consistently verifiable evidence. Atheism is based on the logically fallacious assumption that the inability to prove something constitutes disproof of it. Christians rely on the same fallacy, they claim that the inability to disprove the existence of god is, in and of itself, proof of existence. That only leaves Agnosticism, if, unlike myself as a devout Pagan, you have no faith.
2006-10-22 11:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey Bunny, logic doesn't "tell us" anything. It is the study of criteria for the evaluation of arguments. The application of logic to epstimological claims are by a case by case basis. Certain arguments for atheism might be logical when other illogical, depending on the premises. The same is true for theism and agnosticism. Again, it depends on the argument.
2006-10-22 11:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, atheism is more logical because there is much evidence for it and much evidence against theism. If you look at the history of religion you see much evidence that points to one thing: All religions are man-made. There is a lot of evidence that the major miracles did not take place and that the "holy" books were written in ignorance. The New Testament, for example, seems to just borrow from existing superstitions. It writes about a guy who died decades earlier and can't seem to get its story straight. Jesus might not have even existed.
Given the evidence available, you can't absolutely prove anything at all. However, atheism has much more evidence behind it than theism.
Faith is just wishful thinking.
2006-10-22 11:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Atheism. the smart information we poses exhibits no god ever present. in case you want to attend to in difficulty-free words absolute information, then it must be agnostic atheism. Why you would possibly want to opt to attempt this, isn't rational in it self, when you consider that we not in any respect take care of absolute information in something else. Pantheism comes next, it is giving intending to meaningless, it is wanting the universe to be more advantageous than it is. I see it extra as wishful questioning than in accordance with any rational. Monotheism makes a lot less sense than polytheism, when you consider that we've not in any respect said in difficulty-free words one in each and every of a kind rather of a race present. Deism is little extra constructive than any monotheism, yet slightly. it is how I see it besides.
2016-12-05 03:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by scacchetti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me give you a clue. First of all deductive reasoning is silly. Lets just state some facts and see.
I do not believe in Space Aliens at all. I do not have a problem with people who do and have no reason to go to a UFO Answer forum and ask a bunch of loaded rude questions doing battle with them when I do not believe in Aliens. If they go up on mountains for endless hours every weekend I don't care. If they want me to believe in Aliens I don't care. Its cool by me. I still don't believe. So now I ask you my deductive friend would it not make logical sense that you are here trying to validate your beliefs because you are inwardly totally insecure with your spirituality?
I'm sure that is way to illogical for you.
May GOD bless you anyway.
2006-10-22 11:38:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Atheism is only logical to an atheist, and since I'm not one.....
2006-10-22 11:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by ICUD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think we do make a logical choice.
2006-10-22 11:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why bother trying to figure out if you or someone else should believe in a god or something
Faith is simply evidence of things not seen
So whatever
2006-10-22 11:31:12 · answer #9 · answered by What gives? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Faith succeeds where logic fails.
Logic says you can't walk on water. Faith says it has already happened.
So faith is more important.
2006-10-22 11:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by The Question Man 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋