Atheists often put the onus on Christians to prove that God doesn't exist. Our very existence should be proof that God exists. Besides which, we have many testimonies that He does. Is there any proof that He doesn't? Is it even possible to proove that no God exists?
2007-01-20 17:29:45 · 25 answers · asked by Save the Fish 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can direct you to the spell check button, if you'd like. Oh, and since you're the one making the extraordinary claim, I think the burden of proof falls on you. This damned question is SO tired!
2007-01-20 17:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In debates, it is counter productive for this question to be raised. Whether you are a theist or not, everyone can agree that to some extent, it is taking a leap of faith and going away from scientific evidence to say that God exists. If you disagree, email me why you think God makes more logical sense than science and then we'll talk (or that God IS logical science).
The idea is that, if you are taking the hard to believe side, you can't ask the easy to believe side to disprove something that has no real hard proof. One could argue that there is hard proof stating there is no God. To an extent, one could say the existence of Dinosaurs, as well as the countless other things that go against what religious scripture says, disproves God's existence, while nothing but the Bible says there is. Like you said, the Bible is testimony. But it's testimonies from people who were alive long before we had the scientific proof we do know, and that scientific proof trumps the Bible in credibility infinitely. The thing is, there is no evidence proving there is a God. There is no evidence disproving science and atheism. That, to me, is reason enough.
2007-01-20 17:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
On a technical point, you can't PROVE something does NOT exist. Think about it, how would you ever do that? All you can prove is that something DOES exist. And it logically follows that someone who doesn't believe in God will ask "Can anyone prove that he DOES exist?" When asked why they believe in god, most people say "I have faith"! Sorry, but that's about as much proof as atheists have that God doesn't exist. No one wins. It's a draw!
2007-01-21 02:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science and logic both dictate that the burden of proof is carried by proving something does exist. One cannot prove the existence of nothing.
That said, our existence doesn't bear any impact on proving his existence. The only thing that it proves is that we exist.
The testimonies you claim prove your god are not eyewitness accounts, nor are they even contemporary to the time they claim to be about. Writings on Christ came about 35 years after his supposed crucifixion, and were sponsored by a bishop who advocated lies and deception to keep the fledgling church in power. There are no records or evidence to verify the biblical myth of Moses and the Ten Commandments. There are no archeological findings to support the story of Hebrew slaves in Egypt, or an exodus of that magnitude, for that length of time thru the desert...not a single one. Many of the stories that are in the bible are just retellings of myths from other religions that have since fallen to the wayside. Cain and Able is a cultural retelling of Set and Osiris...Christ and Hercules share amazingly similar tales when you strip out the details...
2007-01-20 17:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If some of us believe that God does not exist and the others He does and we feel comfortable with this, why do we try to prove or disprove his existence. God is beyond our small human mind and understanding - a mystery and we just could not comprehend Him. All of us know that no amount of science would ever disprove His existence. Want to prove He exists? Simple! When you go to bed tonight, ask Him to show Himself to you through His creation when you wake up in the morning. The beauty we see around us every morning when we wake up should remind us that He does exist. Do we really need to disprove His existence?
2007-01-20 18:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's not how it works. You need to prove that he DOES exist. If it's the reverse, then I could easily say that the Flying Spaghetti Monster exists and give you the task to prove he doesn't. Which you cannot.
Hence the Church of the FSM was born: http://www.venganza.org/
Bottom line is that it is impossible to prove that god exists, or does not exist. But it is very possible for someone to read through mountains of research journals and science books to see how it contradicts religion in many ways. Science is based on hard evidence, religion is based on 'faith' which is just complete cop-out crap.
2007-01-20 17:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by duffman071 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
although primarily a theory, Evolution. I'm a Christian, but more on the agnostic side.
Evolution proof - fossil records, decay of earth's magnetic field, global flood, population statistics, the radio halos, human artifacts, helium content, expansion of space fabric, etc.
However, the biggest for my question is the story of Adam and Eve.
Medically/Biologically/Genetically speaking, it's impossible for them to have procreated to populate the Earth. If they had children, those children had to have more children. However, they'd have to reproduce within the family. First off, that's incest and I'm pretty sure God is against that.
Second off, when people are related and have children - those children have a higher risk of having health issues/birth defects.
How could Adam and Eve have populated the Earth to this point with all of us being "normal"?
That could be just the bible, but that's my biggest question.
That is why you have to have faith in God, since there isn't any real concrete truth.
2007-01-20 18:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Lilliane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only a limited mind sees the complexity of life as "proof" of the existance of god. Since there seems to be no way that life can evolve from a single instance to you and me. But there is a way, it's called evolution through natural selection, which doesn't require a designer. All that is needed is time and death. The time it takes to evolve and the death of other species.
2007-01-20 17:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There actually is. A couple of years ago (or decades, I'm not sure), they found a stone tablet in the Iranian desert that the winds uncovered from the sand. They transated the ancient writings on it and it described a battle that was described in the Bible. It was written from a different point of view, but all of the major events were the same. So if the Bible is true, God must be true.
2007-01-20 18:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You cannot prove a negative. Just like you cannot prove that the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus do not exist. That is no reason to believe in them.
2014-12-01 12:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by bobphilo1492 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋