I do not wist to follow a book created under the auspices of a roman emperor who was himself a worshiper of the roman sun god. The bible is the result of his efforts and it teaches nearly the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
Love and blessings Don
2006-11-17 01:22:55
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answered by Anonymous
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You want proof that God is imaginary here's a simple one. Ask him to appear right before your eyes.
Now if you want the complex answer realize that religion is merely a God of The Gaps so to speak. Religion is used to explain events and other things that have no mundane explanation.
For example In the Hellenistic era people believed that a God named Helios pulled the sun with his chariot. and that the seasons changed because the Goddess Demeter's daughter Persephone would go down to the underworld to be with her forced husband Hades and Demeter was sad. According to Norse mythology thunder and lightening were caused by Thor swinging his hammer.
Most civilized people now know that the Earth actually revolves around the sun creating the seasons and it revolves on it's own axis creating periods of light and darkness as a different side faces the sun known as day and night. We also know that lightning and thunder are the result of giant cold and warm air fronts meeting. Thus the civilized world no longer needs Thor, Demeter,Helios, and all their mythological friends.
As knowledge increases the gap closes and the need for supernatural explanations ceases. If The ancient Greeks the Romans and The Vikings can be wrong then obviously any religion can be wrong.
Another fallacy is How do you know your religion is the right one? How do you know that the actual God is not Zeus or Vishnu? Did you research other religions or did you merely go with whichever one happened to be the most dominant in your culture. The only way to hedge your bets against such a dilemna would be to worship in every religion. When you understand why you reject all these other religions you will understand why we atheists reject all religion.
2006-11-17 09:57:06
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answered by Anonymous
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That's like asking someone to recite the history of the world in a 250 word essay. As to the first part, simple unbelief requires no justification, whereas the extraordinary claims of supernaturalism require extraordinary proof. Must we justify our unbelief in the Tooth Fairy? Vampires? Werewolves? Ghosts? Or absence any evidence such things are real, can we simply ignore the superstitions surrounding them as irrelevant? How is the monotheist Yahweh more believable than Zeus, Odin, Ra, Brahman? Christians certainly don't justify their unbelief in other peoples superstitions, but merely insist, with no more evidence, that their superstition is reality. We needn't believe nor justify our unbelief in untestable assertions, and conveniently, gods never do tests.
As far as fallacies of Christianity, lets take the resurrection of Jesus after being dead three days. Seen much of that in your experience? Know anyone who has? The earth covered in flood waters above the highest mountain. Where'd all that water come from and where did it go? God created all species in a few days? We have incontrovertible geological proof that's not true. And then ethically, there's the free "Get out of hell card" for murderers who flatter God correctly and the eternal flames of torture for those who don't, and the notion that the eternal torturer is a "God of love." I could go on for weeks, but that should be enough for any rational person.
2006-11-17 09:46:01
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answered by Anonymous
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All one needs to do is study history, and the justification immediately pops out. Religions were created by MEN- by humans! Over the centuries the largest religions have been the cause of more pain, suffering, oppression and injustice than anything else in the world. Christianity bases itself on a book that was written over the course of thousands of years (if you include the Old Testament) and in many places DOES contradict itself. These contradictions are inadequately explained away and buried. For many many people, logic and reason dictate that there is no god. At all.
2006-11-17 09:29:46
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answered by E D 4
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Standard point: There remains no evidence of the existence of deities and as such we are to remain skeptical of such a belief until evidence is presented.
A simple application of Occam's Razor is what leads to conclusions of Atheism.
However, there are also several problems posed by Atheists for Theistic worlviews, which you may look up if you are interested.
Just as an example: Causality implies time, which doesn't exist prior to the Singularity. Since time and space were casued by the singularity, then how can the singularity be "caused" if no causality exists?
2006-11-17 09:45:34
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answered by eigelhorn 4
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Religion is the justification of Atheism.
2006-11-17 09:29:56
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answered by Anonymous
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both athiests and regulated religions like christianity are wrong in thier approach to each other. both of them are on shaky grounds. athiests keep asking for proof for everything. that is simply not possible, because there are things which are beyond the understanding of human mind, beyond our comprehension. these have to be experienced. one person's experience may not be anothers experience in the same field. standardising experiences is not the way to search truth. metaphysical experiences are personal experiences.
where christianity or regulated religion fails is - they are not able to explain any of those metaphysical experiences. they too, like athiests compartmentalised according to thier holy books. they ordered that the book is infallible. that is an utter lie.
both have no justification. both are not in favour of human happiness. that is the truth.
2006-11-17 09:29:00
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answered by Raja Krsnan 3
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Atheism is justified by the fact that there is no god.
The notion that there is a god is one of the main fallicies of Christanity, though there are others.
2006-11-17 09:32:54
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answered by Anonymous
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You should tell us how atheist justify themselves by being ungrateful to the Supreme Creator.
And you should tell us what do you think are the fallacies of Christianity who observed & respect the ever-loving, peaceful, forgiving, tolerant, accepting God of human race.
2006-11-17 09:27:45
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answered by ServantOfTheMostHigh 3
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No, you may not.
2006-11-17 09:20:17
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answered by jinenglish68 5
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