Is there proof that God does not exist?

Question

I believe in God but find a lot of questions here asking for believers to prove their God to be true. There is always a lot of debate on this so i would like to ask non believers- is their any proof God does not exist?

Mr ****- You have made a lot of assumptions about me. I denied the existence of God for 29 years(although i come from a Catholic family). I now believe in and understand God but my beliefs are completley different from that of my families.

Hopey- I am aware that the Bible was wrote by man and is inaccurate- thank you. (i do not read or believe in the Bible)

Hardrock- Good answer, this is the kind of answer I like, very logical..

blahblahblah- I believe that any suffering we endure in this life is because we have sinned in our past lives. God is teaching us the error of our ways and punishing us accordingly, we are also rewarded for any good that we do- in the same way as a parent punishes or rewards a child depending on their behavior.

Answer 1

Sweetheart, there is no way to prove or disprove God in absolute terms. Those who do not believe in God are still believing, placing their faith in the arguments against.
It is an act of faith either way, of belief. If God could be proven we would need no faith!
From my perspective, believer turned atheist to one who believes, but not necessarily as the literal Bible says, I can truly say that atheists can not prove that God does not exist. They can claim all kinds of examples, but none are at all conclusive.
I avoid any such discussions. I learned that we can not change other's beliefs. It takes something more than human words.
Cherish your faith and do not worry about other's claims. Do your best, that's all anyone or life (or God, if you prefer) can ask of anyone!
--CJ

Answer 2

You cannot prove a negative assertion, the burden of proof is always on the person making the positive claim. If I said that the third planet in the Alpha Proxima star system was covered with a three foot layer of French brie and told you to prove it wasn't, you wouldn't be able to even though the assertion is ridiculous.

Answer 3

To answer your question, another question comes to thought...

in this creation we see that everything has a starting point, and the switch to " on " this starting point can be power, force or any "reason" , and i dont think that everyone will argue that, putting in mind the universal law :

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction ...
for everything there is a reason....

the question i would like to ask atheists is :

For this creation, there is a starting point , but what was before that starting point ? and how did this starting point start ?

If you say that there was no starting point, than I will say that this is not what we see in nature ! and what you say is against the laws of nature !

Answer 4

there is no proof but our own beliefs however it would be worth saying that the bible is the work of man and religions were created out of myths to explain the mysteries of the world that could not be explained by science at that time. Science can now explain a lot and contradict a lot of the bible as it proves it to be false.

Answer 5

Hellooo...why are people so ignorant. You cannot prove the nonexistence of something that never existed. Let me give you an example. Lets say, Mr X says that there is a substance called Shaahamolajingjong. Mr B says that there is no such substance. Mr X fails to prove the existence nor give physical properties of the substance. Now, how do you expect Mr B to prove that there is no such substance. He can't. He has to know the physical properties so that he can prove that those physical properties do not exist. Get the gist?

Answer 6

It is not possible to prove a negative statement. My disbelief in God stems from the fact that the so called proof of God's existence does not stand up to even basic critical examination.

Answer 7

God really exist. You know what? Take an example on Benny Hinn, he can heal sick people! Those non-believers can tell to him whether God exists or not by this website http://www.bennyhinn.org

Answer 8

As a scientist, I cannot prove that purple hairy aliens do not exist. But that does not mean that they do exist, does it?

I could give examples of parasitic worms that only exist by making children blind, as proof that a benevolent god does not exist. (This was a favourite response of Sir David Attenborough.)

Does that go some way toward the argument?

Answer 9

Which father would drown all his children for doing "wrong".
Which father would send famine, pestilence, and all the other atrocities that occur through the Nature YOU say he devised?
If your god is omnipotent and made everything perfect then why did he devise something as basically cruel and painful as the food chain with all the suffering that goes with it?

No my friend. The onus is definitely on you and your ilk to prove the existence of a forgiving, benevolent god. The evidence for his lack of existence is blindingly obvious if you would only break free from the chains of indoctrination you have suffered since the day you were born!

Answer 10

I am a believer. But I don't see how anyone can prove non-existence. To say something such as I only believe what I can see, means then they can't believe what is not seen or not physical, of which their thoughts would not be seen, so they wouldn't believe in their own thoughts.