The fact that bad things happen in the world only proves there are bad people. So please do not use that one. It seems that the evidence is overwhelming to the truth there is a God. What evidence shows there is no God. What say you, (those that believe that God does not exist?)
2007-01-02 12:44:47 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you cannot prove a negative, how can you believe a negative i.e. there is no God...ponder that for a while.
2007-01-02 12:54:47 · update #1
By definition, God is supernatural, which means beyond nature and the entire universe of matter and physical laws. He/she wouldn't be God if he/she could be proven or disproven.
2007-01-02 12:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by dhcasti 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How can you have evidence for something that does not exist, or for something that did not happen? That's why you can't prove a negative. It is not up to atheists to prove that God does not exist - the burden of proof is on the Christian who wants to prove that God exists. Ultimately, belief in God is a matter of faith, not science.
By the way, I am a Christian, not an theist.
2007-01-02 12:49:57 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot prove a negative. Proving there is no God is just as difficult as trying to disprove the existence of dragons or Unicorns. Major faiths around the world agree that a belief in a diety does not necessitate proof, and in fact faith implies believing in something without the existence of proof either way. A discussion about faith is seperate from evidence.
2007-01-02 12:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Azuma 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because of the circumstances of a god's existence, It is impossible to prove that there isn't a god, and because we know so little about the universe,it is impossible to prove that there is a god. Don't criticize me. I do, in fact believe in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic God. I'm just stating the evidence. In my opinion, it's up to the Christians to prove that God exist, AND it's up the the atheists to prove that God doesn't exist.
2007-01-02 12:48:14 · answer #4 · answered by Titainsrule 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry again, recurrent questions get recurrent answers:
Consider an empty box. If someone put a statue in a box and closed it up, there are several ways you can tell that the statue is in the box: you can weigh it; you can x-ray it; you can shake it. You can acquire evidence to indicate that there is a statue in the box. Now, remove the statue from the box and close it back up. Give it to someone to prove that there is nothing in the box and partner him or her with someone who believes there is something in the box, but it’s feature are unknown. If they weight it, the believer can say that it is something incredibly light; if they x-ray it, the believer can say that it is invisible to x-rays; if they shake it, the believer can say it doesn't move. You know there's nothing in the box because you removed the statue, but the believer can come up with an infinite number of ways to say the other person is wrong. One could even cross-reference all the tests to show that all the signs that there is something in the box don't indicate that anything is in there now, but the believer can keep coming up with ridiculous ideas because he or she isn’t limited by evidence.
This is similar to humanity's experience with God. The more we come to understand about the universe through science the more tests we put on the box, and the more tests show us that there is nothing there. The history of science is the deconstruction of what we used to assume was God's role in the universe. Some of the basic scientific beliefs you probably hold today were considered heresy back only a few hundred years ago. Everything that people said were indications that God was in the box: the sun revolving around the earth, the earth as the center of the universe, divine right of kings, disease, famine, complexity, etc. have been proven time and again to correspond to the basic physical laws. God went from directing the Sun across the sky, to not even being in control of the weather. All God seems to do today is maybe randomly answering some people’s prayers, but not all people and certainly not all of the time—not enough to give up one’s health insurance. All of our provable repeatable data points to nothing being in the box. That's your evidence. And like the box, someone keeps trying to come up with ways to say the tests don't tell us everything, but those critics don't come up with a way to show us with evidence that there is anything in the box. We've done our tests and shown our data, we're waiting for someone else to come up with the evidence that we're wrong.
2007-01-02 12:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by One & only bob 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there is no proof that there is no God then the opposite must also be true. There is no proof that there is a God.... God exists only to those with the faith that he exists. It is a very personal thing.
Remember...for everything there is an opposite.
good-evil
hot-cold
wet-dry
and yes even... god-no god.
It is in the mind of the individual and no where else.
2007-01-02 12:49:28 · answer #6 · answered by westfield47130 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence for both believers and non believers. However, I would much rather take Darwin's word (A man who can be proved to have existed) over Christ's word. (A man who may have never even existed!)
2007-01-02 13:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by untilyoucamealong04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but there is evidence that HE does exist. When I'm sad, when I'm happy, or when I'm lonely I can feel him. He brings me hope and restores my faith not only in HIM but in myself. I find it very hard to believe that some people claim to have never felt HIS presence. But, if that's true I feel sorry for them because it is a wonderful and indescribable feeling. It makes me feel content and unsettled all at the same time. I don't regularly go to church, but I have never doubted that HE exists. People can believe in evolution. I get that. But come on. Look around. There is a GOD.
2007-01-02 13:02:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you believe in scientific method there is an abundance of proof against the existence of god and no possible proof for the existence of god. I say "no possible proof" because religious theory is based on believing things that can't be proven, or "faith."
The simplest way to disprove god is to ask "if god created the universe, where did god come from?" There is no possible answer to this question based on logic; all answers are based on faith.
(Personally, I think "faith" is roughly equal to "stupidity."
2007-01-02 12:51:29 · answer #9 · answered by jonathancgrubb 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No evidence that there's no God...If there's no God, Who created nature, us, everything........All evidence proves that all the thing and all the way is on God's hand
2007-01-02 12:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by Chabilla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can not be proven or dis proven, by any mortal living. I am of The True Christian Faith and I will state, that no one of The Faith can prove God to you.... the proof you seek is between God and you.... If He wants you to know He will let you Know.
2007-01-02 12:48:47 · answer #11 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋