Which is easier and more rational to believe: God or aliens?

Question

I don't mean: Which created universe?
I wonder the existence of which is easier and more rational to believe, since both has no proof (which satisfies everyone) for their existence and we can only "believe" that they exist..

Answer 1

It's much easier for me to accept that possibility that intelligent lifeforms exist somewhere else in the vast expanses of EVERYTHING than to accept that a self-contradicting, logically impossible deity might exist.

Answer 2

Both do not have enough proof to believe in at the moment. The existence of aliens that have visited this planet i would say is just a tiny bit more likely than there existing a god, based on the evidence. The evidence for alien life existing SOMEWHERE in the universe is that we exist here, and there is no particular reason to think that we, or this planet, are anything special. I am also talking just about life, not necesarily intelligent life. It is not clear how likely intelligent life is to evolve once life has taken root.

Having said that i do not actively believe in aliens existing just as i do not believe in god existing, I am agnostic with respect to both. I just think a stronger case can be made for life on planets other than earth than can be made for god.

Answer 3

The thing that will decide what someone believes in is: what brings more comfort: the belief in God or the belief in aliens?

More people tend to believe in things that make them happy than things that make them sad or do not concern them.

Atheists believe in the so-called "rationality" (common scientific laws or theories that are widely accepted and talked of-- socially) because it proves that they have superior mental faculties as they follow the accepted norm of thinking. Fundamental religious folks believe in God because they think they'll land up in a very happy place after they die and not just dissappear into the void as the atheists suggest.

None of the atheists have actually performed experiments to find God or aliens, and the religious folks haven't seen God or the Aliens either.
I call staunch belief or staunch non-belief in something in the absence of evidence either way as irrationality.

(P.S: I study religions and a little bit of science, so I can debate for or against God. I know how to argue well -- but I never stop thinking objectively.)

I hope they find out who did the math for the laws of the universe. I'll put my money on both God and the aliens getting discovered in the future. (I have a feeling that neither God nor the aliens would turn out the way we imagined them to be. (often imagined as humanoids))

Answer 4

Life evolved on Earth because the conditions were favourable to support a carbon based life form. Should similar conditions exist in space, and there is little doubt that they do, then life could also evolve in accordance with those conditions. The existence of a deity however can be shown to be impossible. God is claimed to be PERFECT, ALL KNOWING, ALL POWERFUL, JUST AND MERCIFUL. What was god doing for eons prior to him getting the urge to create the universe? If he is perfect he would not have an urge or desire to change anything therefore he cannot be perfect. If he is all knowing he would have known that Lucifer would have spat the dummy and that Adam would have sinned and that mankind would have stuffed up. If he is all powerful he could have rectified his imperfect creation called man. Can something perfect create something imperfect. If a statue was imperfect would that be a reflection on the statue or its creator? Therefore god cannot be perfect. If god knew that man would turn from him and make him sad or angry then again, he cannot be perfect because he woud always be in a state of blissful happiness. If he was just, woud he create so much inequality and suffering amoungst his children and do nothing to rectify the injustice? Therefore, he cannot be just. If he is merciful would he create an erternal hell to torment his imperfect creation? Would he punish someone for all eternity for only one brief lifetime of sinning? Therefore he cannot be merciful. I have just shown you logically that the existence of your god is impossible.

Answer 5

Easier to believe in God because God had to create the aliens too!

Answer 6

because of our traditions, it is 'easier' to believe more in god, as most are demonstrating. that is because folklore is passed down through generations. from a scientific and rational (which implies using logic, reason, and hypotheses as opposed to the 'blind faith' and need for simple answers and a really fun afterlife that has made the idea of a religious god popular) standpoint, alien lifeforms are far more believable. Most humans cannot comprehend the enormity of the universe, and like the middle ages, many still think that everything out there revolves around us on our tiny little planet. People also forget that our galaxy is not the entire universe. Our galaxy in our universe loosely comparable to the size of one speck of dust on this earth (but most likely even more extreme than that)

It takes an educated, critical and objectively thinking, modest, and open mind to even attempt to conceive the phenomenon of life out there other than earth's. But far too many people base their views on superstition, stories, fear and hope instead.
Also, the research within quantum physics or physics in general are not generally common knowledge, and we know that most of us are afraid of what we cannot understand. Many of us try to understand all the components of existence, studying theology while not believing in religion, which leads to less fear. Many who are religious in terms of believing in a biblical god utilize the confirmation bias in their daily lives and deny themselves the exposure to what answers science has to offer.

Answer 7

i agree with you that there is no proof(which satisfies everyone) for the existence of God and aliens.so,we tend to place them both on the same scale.but,when you analyse you can feel the presence of God unlike aliens.imagine you are living in a desert some hundred years ago,you are an illiterate and don't know anything about science and had never sailed in a ship,would you write a book in which you state that all the living beings are made of water(it'll appear silly to you yourself) and explain the state of mind of a sailor who faces a storm in his voyage.seems impossible right.but check,the Quran,it'll be there.so,according to me you read the Quran and apply your rational thinking you'll find it easier to beleive in God.

Answer 8

God: I 'm agnostic. I believe God is the personification of nature or in other words, everything, the universe and everything in it. Since I've never personally seen an alien, aliens would be a far stretch to believe in, though the possabillity can't be ruled out.

Answer 9

I see the proof in my children's smiles, and their snuggly kisses. Only a Higher Being can create such angels and bless my life with them. The proof is in the wonder of the world, answered and unanswered prayers and the peace I feel after meditation.

Aliens are cool too!

Answer 10

One is plausible, the other is not.

We know that life exists on Earth, and we know that there are billions of other planets in the universe, many of which are possible very similar to Earth, therefore, since we know that life can exist here, we also know it can exist elsewhere.

There's nothing in the known universe to suggest that the existence of a god is plausible. Some will say, "well, who do you think made you?" or, "How did the universe get here then?"

There are much more plausible explanations for those questions than a god...

Answer 11

If you believe on what you see they should be equal but each person would be different as some have received revelation and know God.Those that don't know God imagine faith in God to be like faith that there are aliens or Santa Claus because they do not understand spiritual insight dicernment and revelation.