Aetheists can't believe in the existance UFO's. Is that a correct statment?

Question

Correction: Aetheists can't believe in the existance of UFO's.

Aetheists don't believe in the existance of a God because of the lack of evidence showing that there is a God. So in keeping with this line of thinking an Aetheist can't believe in the existance of UFO's because of the lack of evidance proving the existance of UFO's.

Otherwise - it would show a strong negative bias against a God and not against UFO's.
When there is a similar level of circumstancial evidence for both.

UFO's meaning - E.T. not weather ballons and satellites burning up in the atmosphere.

Answer 1

Before you start asking questions put down the bong and try to formulate a coherent question. Or try to be more direct with your question, drop the other shoe, what are you trying to get at?

Some people answering this question are quick to jump down the asker’s throat - making sweeping generalizations and quick accusations.

Obviously by using the term "UFO's" this person means extra-terrestrial flying saucers -ie- visitors from beyond, be it a different galaxy or dimension. I'm not going to get into semantics and argue that a UFO can be an abnormally large flock of Canadian geese or a large cloud of methane gas ascending into the atmosphere after escaping a marshy bog, in which case of course everybody believes in UFO’s. But that’s not the question (I’m giving the asker a benefit of the doubt).

Do you believe there are or have been visitors among us? This is a loaded question. If one believes that there are indeed visitors from beyond then one must also believe that technology exists that can allow matter to be transmitted faster then the speed of light. If an atheist would make this leap of faith then is it to much to ask an atheist to also make a leap of faith about the existence of God? Which leads me to my next point.

Another sticking point here seems to be how God is defined. Most people assume the person asking the question is in some way challenging the atheist's view of a traditional christian God or for that matter any other monotheistic religion's position on God. God can be defined in as many ways as there are individuals on this earth. When one boils away all the stigma associated with religion, God, and man’s beliefs in superstition and the supernatural – humanity is left with one burning question: How did all this come about? What is the singularity? What happened in the first nano-second of the big bang, what happened beyond?

Currently science is on a threshold – a threshold that many choose not to acknowledge, many choose to ignore, and yet many are ignorant of. Humanity now possesses fantastic data and capabilities which are either considered controversial or un-ethical. We now have knowledge and capabilities that previously were unimaginable. In a nutshell: all matter in our universe is interconnected within the 11th dimension. This interconnectivity forms a membrane. Within the 11th dimension there exist an infinite number of other membranes, each consisting of a (independent from our own) cosmic universe – complete with its own set of physical laws and attributes. The newly discovered element of gravity (a graviton) is the only currently known force that can transcend these otherwise un-impregnable parallel realities – which can range from having slight differences from our own reality to extreme differences like a lack of neutrons or electrons resulting in a desolate place. Most extraordinary – when two ore more membranes happen to intersect and collide a by-product is produced. Matter, a new universe in an infant stage is the result. This universe will over time grow into a full cosmic universe making its own room and won’t take up any real-estate that is currently being taken up by our universe or any other. Our immeasurable universe is a small part in an exponentially larger multi-verse – in which new additions are being generated on a regular basis.

Mind you – this is not Sci-Fi. This is Science, recently Steven Hawking has acknowledged and adapted this thinking in his own applications to black holes. This is just one example – science in all its branches is on a threshold. Truth of the matter is the more we know, the less we know.

Now, if you choose to believe scientists or not that’s your prerogative, but one thing is for sure reality is a lot more strange and farfetched then humanity ever could have imagined. If a science minded individual chooses to believe what science is telling him, is the existence of a higher being so far fetched? The truth is science is still very far away from proving and disproving how all this has come about. The lowest common denominator always goes back to – what sparked it? Is this force God? I for one choose to believe that some kind of force was responsible for our existence, but who am I to even begin to think about the possibility of comprehension? I choose not to participate in any type of organized religion, because I don’t think humans are capable of describing God. Most of the time humans get it wrong, very wrong. The one thing we humans do posses is reason. We should use it.

I was raised a catholic, became an atheist, agnostic, and finally reasoned my way to deism. I choose to believe a higher power is responsible for our existence (purposeful or accidental) – until science disproves it.

So going back to the stupid question – if an atheist believes that visitors are among us – impling a set of absolutely marvelous and infinite possibilities - is it that more far-fetched to believe in a higher power?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism

Answer 2

If it's an item, flying and you do not know what it's, by way of definition this is a UFO. The main issue now we have here's a failure to converse. Far too many individuals are not able to distinguish among an Unidentified Flying Object and an Unidentifiable Flying Object. Virtually each person has obvious anything they cannot determine. It is also too a ways away, too darkish or too whatever else. Just due to the fact that you cannot determine it does not imply anybody else cannot. And so far as that is going, if no quality clarification is ever centered that does not imply it's an alien area craft. Of direction it does not imply it's not one both. In a method I am with you one hundred% if I appreciate what you're pronouncing. I uncover it very conceited of a few individuals to anticipate they're the one lifestyles on this unmeasured, possibly unmeasurable universe. Good night time, BTW, sure I have obvious matters I cannot determine within the sky and I am a retired USAF Master Sergeant with 22 years lively obligation in conjunction with one more decade concerned with army plane as a civilian. I have greater than a passing curiosity in matters that fly.

Answer 3

No, that's not correct.

Atheists don't believe in a god because there is no evidence for the supernatural, no evidence for any godlike being, and no known way that a god could come about.

However, we DO know how aliens could be produced - the same way we came to be on this planet. Therefore, aliens fall in the range of the natural and are actually very likely to exist SOMEWHERE in the universe. As to whether we're being visited, I wouldn't agree with that, but the possibility of aliens is much greater than that of a god.

Answer 4

Please use spellcheck - the word is a-t-h-e-i-s-t (and the other words are 'existence' and 'statement').

Atheists are by nature skeptical of wild claims with no reliable evidence to support them, and god beliefs are the wildest of all. We are not "god-deniers" though, as so many people assume; we simply have no belief in such an absurd concept. It's on the order of not believing in flying toasters - what sensible person would even entertain something like that in the first place?

UFOs are different, however. Given the size of the universe, it would be arrogant to insist that humans are the only intelligent life form anywhere. On the other hand, the "evidence" that we are being visited by extraterrestrials on a nearly everyday basis is ridiculously bad, and reasonable people conclude that UFO "sightings" are just another fad by those who need more excitement in their lives.

Most UFOs become IFOs if anyone bothers to make the effort, in fact, but that doesn't satisfy the true believers who act for all the world like their new religion has been blasphemed by doubters. In the sense that the UFO phenomenon has all the characteristics of religious faith, atheists do tend to be amused at it all (but strangely enough, some atheists in an astounding feat of mental gymnastics still do manage to think that UFOs really are alien spacecraft).

Answer 5

To be an atheist only means that you don't believe in a God. It does not say why you don't believe, only that you don't believe. Also, UFO simply means 'unidentified flying object'. These are quite common and have no links to extra-terrestrials. For those atheists that require evidence, the existence of extra-terrestrials visiting the earth would probably not be believed because of lack of evidence. However, many would probably also believe that there is life elsewhere in the universe simply because of probabilities and the size of the universe. They would realize that this is not conclusive and would welcome more direct evidence.

Answer 6

Atheists are defined in every dictionary as those who do not believe in a God. Why - oh why do you think it would stop them believing in anything else?

They can be very religious or spiritual as long as it does not involve a God. So why can they not believe in UFOs or little green men?

And by the by - a UFO is a Non Identified Flying Object. So it could be an aircraft, weather balloon or superman but if you cannot readily identify it then it is a UFO. Therefore anyone who does not believe in UFOs has a seriously closed mind and a total lack of understanding and reasoning power!!!!

Answer 7

As an atheist....there is a lot more evidence of UFOs than there is for god. I'm not saying all or any of them are extra-terrestrial, but the evidence is certainly there. I find it much more believable that we were once (even before our race began) visited by aliens than god exists.

Answer 8

Your thinking is flawed in the linkage of one idea with the next.

First. As an atheist, I can think, or believe in what ever I choose to think about or believe in. I am not bound by some arbitrary rule that places a limit upon what is permissable to study/consider, and what is not.

Second. At this point in time, UFO's are exactly that; UNIDENTIFIED Flying Objects. As soon as one of them lands on Earth and gets its picture in the News, they (or it) will become "IDENTIFIED." At that time most likely there will be many people who will rethink the possibility of there being real UFO's.

Third. In trying to figure out what other people think, it is rather rude to try and paint them green, red, black, or white based upon their religious belief, or their views of outer space. Consider for a moment that God (himself/herself/itself) was an Alien. God did not live on Earth (a requirement to be a mortal earthling). God was somewhere (undefined) and created the Earth and all upon it. Recall the phrase...He "sent" his only begotten son... Sent from where? (also undefined). So, by definition of the words themselves the God of the Biblical Text did not live on Earth and was/is/has always been therefore an Alien. No mention was made of his (gender not clear) usage of a special vehicle for flying between the stars such as a flying saucer, or space ship, however.

I find it interesting that you are so concerned about what Aetheists believe. Are you yourself an Aetheist? Or, are you searching your mind for the Pros and Cons of following the very limited path of Christian ideology. Christians have through the ages done great good for mankind, but unfortunately, they have also been the root cause of much grief, pain, suffering, and death. I salute the good and abhor the bad. Oh, you forgot about the bad things did you? Those Crusades, those hundreds and hundreds accused of being witches for their different thinking and acting and as a consequence, burned at the stake, and the persecution of Jews.

Answer 9

If you define UFO as aliens then I think the opposite would be true.
The verification of the existence of god or aliens,though so far neither has been proved or disproved it is very unlikely that aliens do not exist!

Answer 10

no it is not. The definintion of a UFO is unidentified flying object. It just means there is something flying around in the sky that people can not identify.

If you asked Aetheists can't believe in the existance of extraterrestrial life forms that would be open to conjecture, but to answer it logically, they could concede that there are other lifeforms on other planets, so again the answer would be no it is not a true statement.