And don't answer -because you can't see Him. You can't see the wind, but you know it's there besause you see it's effects. It's the same with God.
2006-12-13 02:14:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with you and i definitely believe in God (Allah)!
2006-12-13 02:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
1. There is no evidence for the existence of god.
2. There are viable natural explanations for all phenomina we have observed.
3. God doesn't resolve anything, it is mearly positing a mystery to solve mysteries.
4. Any argument for god necessarily works against god, dispite the special pleadings of believers.
For a more comprehensive answer check out the following:
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Sense and Goodness without God - Richard Carrier
Atheism: The Case Against God - George A. Smith
And the many other wonderful books on this topic.
2006-12-13 10:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, wind and "god" are not the same.
The wind may be invisible to my eyes, but I can feel it, measure it, quantify it, and through instruments that extend my senses fully understand it.
The idea of "god" can't be felt, measured, quantified, or understood.
I've come to understand that people who believe in god actually *think* differently, as your statement above shows. You look at a red-orange sky at sunset and see the glory of god. I look at a red-orange sunset and understand that dust and other impurities in the air, combined with the more horizontal view through our thick atmosphere, preferentially passed red light and scatters the blue, producing a red-orange sunset.
What's the differerence? I can quantify and explain through natural causes my view of a sunset, and there is considerable documented evidence that anyone can repeat showing why it happens. Your "god made the sunset" idea has nothing of any kind behind it to show it's correct, it's simply a "feeling" you have.
Look, we non-believers *get* why the believers believe. It can be comforting to think there's some powerful entity full of goodwill looking out for your eternal happiness. It can be comforting to think that after you die you're going to a wonderful land of milk and honey where all your cares will disappear, and you'll live forever in happiness and joy. Those are nice, warm, fuzzy thoughts that can allay your fears of death and the trials of this world.
The trouble is...there's no evidence of any kind that there is any truth to them. None. Believers in god can ignore the lack of evidence, can ignore evidence *against* the existence of god, and just park their logical minds in neutral in order to swim in the fantasy that belief in god offers. I can't do that -- it would mean denying logic and reason, denying the vast amount of evidence for strictly natural origins of life and the universe (as opposed to supernatural evidence), and letting my brain go limp simply to calm my primal fears. Just not possible for me to do that -- I'd much rather accept the truth of my existence and live with the fact that when I'm dead, I'm dead...than live a fantasy which I know to be false just to have some small measure of comfort.
2006-12-13 10:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
True, I see and feel the wind's effects and can deduce that some force is blowing stuff over. Fairly A-to-B logic.
I see and feel the universe around me, and can deduce that numerous complex forces acted to bring things into their present state. Fairly A-to-B logic.
It is not A-to-B logic to presume that it was all created by some wise old man who was written about a few thousand years ago...who knows when I am sleeping and knows when I'm awake...who lets good things happen to bad people...who lets bad things happen to those who go right iinto what they believe is God's VERY OWN HOUSE in search of guidance...only to be molested by a priest.
If you're going to play the "you see its effects" game, I get to play the "if he exists, he voluntarily allows pain, injustice, cruelty against those who believe and who did no wrong" game.
I've kissed off my 10 points, but I feel better. How's that moral superiority of yours?
2006-12-13 10:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the probability of God existing is very, very low. God has been used to explain things since man worshipped the sun and prayed for plentiful crops. God is no longer needed as a metaphor because we understand why crops fail, we understand why it rains, and etc.
Arguing that you see "the effects" of God is not really saying anything more than you exist and the world exists and you think God created the world, so God exists.
2006-12-13 10:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by Crystal P 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hhmmm....why them not believe god?because they only see this world them just to scare about the after life,then only said in their heart i will believe it if i can see but even if the prophet pray to the god to show it self they only said it's magic and the prophet was a witch.
so just better let the end of the live come and they can't denied it any more!
2006-12-13 10:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by qz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no evidence. It's that simple. God does not impact on anything in an observable or measurable way. Wind does.
2006-12-13 10:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Which 'God' are you referring to?
There are SO many after all, and each has followers that believe they are the only ones who are 'right'.
I believe in the things that I believe for reasons that are important to me. What is even MORE important to me is that I do not do anything that would cause any harm (or even discomfort) to you.
Can you say the same?
2006-12-13 10:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by wolf560 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because I realized that the deific hypothesis was falsifiable. If a deity exists by any name or any version, free will is a natural consequence. Free will is easy to disprove (free will, not choice -- we DO make choices, but they are not freely chosen, they are computable), so applying modus tollens to the original assertion nets the non-existence of a deity.
In short, while you cannot prove the nonexistence of a deity, you can prove that a necessary consequence is missing, and conclude the nonexistence of a deity, your God or Zeus or Odhinn or any other deity you might like to name.
2006-12-13 10:18:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Which God are we talking about here?
I do believe in the unconditionally loving God, the one Jesus told us about in the parable of the prodigal son.
Its the silly little judgmental punishing God who picks favorites that I don't believe in. You know the one that each religion makes up. The one that always picks those of the religion that makes him up as his favorites and is going to send every one else to hell.
No, I don't believe in that silly little version of God.
Do you?
Love and blessings Don
2006-12-13 10:21:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence to support the existence of a Diety.
Wind can be felt physically, and measured. In fact, you can wave your hand at yourself and create wind.
2006-12-13 10:16:21 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋