Do people who don't believe in a higher power believe in other things they can't perceive?

Question

I hear those who give reasoning behind their unbelief in God attribute it to reasons that relate to the well known five senses.

I can't see God or it has never done anything for me so it must not exist. There are people you have proof, true some of it may be personal proof, such as healings, close calls, answered prayer or unanswered prayers for reasons not yet known. Why does God require hard evidence for some? You believe your radio will turn on in the morning to pick up those unseen radio waves. You know that radar gun is going to work, so you slow down. You do have faith in things unseen, it’s just that the evidence comes from mechanical devices that have been invented to capture the proof. What if the device that captures the proof of God (spiritual word) are some sense in our bodies that can not yet be explained. Science even says that there are other dimensions that we can not perceive, Is this universe only physical with boundaries only us humans can understand?

Answer 1

I do not believe in God because everything that has been presented to me about him requires an unquestioning belief; no science or factual proof. Also, I simply cannot believe that a supreme force created the universe. As for your radio example, I believe it will turn on because credible science has proved that the waves exist.

If, somehow, it were to be proven that a god/gods existed, then yes, I would believe.

Interesting question.

Answer 2

It's not necessarily that we can't see him that makes us not believe. I can't see my liver, but I'm pretty sure it's there. It's about evidence. If there was a supreme being, and he wanted to save us, he would give us proof. He would appear to all of us to prove that he's real. After Jesus rose from the dead, he appeared to a lot of people. Why not give us the same courtesy?
And, I believe in extraterrestrials, even though I've never seen one. I believe because it only makes logical sense that in this giant universe, there are more beings out there than just us.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

No! I believe in ghost but I can perceive them very well. Ghost have been talking with me since I was five years old. If I could perceive God like I do ghost I would believe in him too. xx

Answer 5

It has nothing to do with what I can see. I have never seen air, Arbaham Lincoln or Antartica, but I believe in them.
-atheist

Answer 6

rofl. Because you don't have to "see" something to know it exists. You have other senses you know. And technology can prove to you wonderous things.

Nothing can prove your god exists. Get used to it. By your logic, we should all believe in fairies and dragons too.

Answer 7

Love, hope, gratitude, empathy, human purpose, the value of human life, equity, beauty, goodness, evil...

And much more.

Answer 8

I believe you need a hobby. Yup

Answer 9

I don't believe in radiation because I can't see it.

Answer 10

It is indeed silly say that this reality is all there is.