Atheists: Do you believe that there definitely is no God?

Question

...Or just no God as he is described by the religions? Meaning, of course, that the religions themselves appear false?

If the science of the future attains empirical evidence of a God entity, then your reputation as a thinker will tarnished in those days and henceforth.

I happen to think it would be best to simply ignore those religious beliefs that are verifiably false and still keep the other options open.

What do you think?

That is unless, you want to call photons fairies ;)

They are kinda like em after all.

Yes, you all make valid points. However, when something is lacking in evidence and is by definiton "that which is beyond evidence", that simply means that it untestable.

The best answer to the God question is silence. Something all proselytizers would best heed.

Answer 1

Even atheists require a bit of faith without proof. I can't prove through scientific method there is no god, just as the religious types can't prove there is a god. If I were to strictly adhere to scientific method the only conclusion all I could come to up with is a theory, that there is no god and could really go no further. I have to say that the same would have to be said about Santa Claus, because I can't prove one way or another that he too exists or doesn't. If you want to be a science purest one would have to admit being unable to prove one way of another and would be forced to claim agnosticism that there “could” be a higher being of some sort.
I choose to take that leap of faith based on what I see as the proof offered up by the religious types and based on their proof of existence, I have to believe there is no god.

Somebody asked what was before the big bang. The big crunch is what was before the big bang, as the universe that proceeded ours imploded into itself. Just as our universe will do in many many billions of years. This too cannot be proven and will never be anything more than a theory (unless there is someone around to see it) because all of the evidence would have been crunched.

Answer 2

That's probably a pretty good way to think. There is still the question of what was there before the "Big Bang".......?
Personally, I have a problem with religious beliefs. There are hundreds of religions and their offshoots. They all believe in a different "supreme form" and a different take on the origins of earth and man. If there was indeed only ONE, then how come so many different beliefs? Native American Indians worshipped the earth itself....earth, wind, fire, rain, animals, etc. The Aztecs and Incas had similar beliefs and even looked to the stars for their origins. The Greeks had their own gods, the Egyptians worshipped different gods........and we're supposed to believe the writtings in a book as the factual origins of the earth and life! I don't think so!
Science makes much more sense to me!

Answer 3

I do NOT believe that there IS a god.
There's a huge difference there. Atheism is a negative-orientation stance... it makes no positive claims.

"If the science of the future attains empirical evidence of a God entity, then your reputation as a thinker will tarnished in those days and henceforth. "
We can both agree on this.
...but I don't think that's ever going to happen. If we haven't done it until this point, one can reasonably conclude that it won't happen at all.

Answer 4

I do not BELIEVE there is no god. If I did, I'd be called a strong atheist.

I hold no belief in a god, therefore an considered a weak atheist. And no, this is not agnosticism. Agnosticism is the philosophical position that existence of god cannot be proven or disproven in this life. The term was coined by Huxley in the early 20th century. You can be theist and agnostic or atheist and agnostic.

I hold no belief because there is no compelling evidence he/she exists.

My status as a "thinker" would remain unchanged - there was no evidence, when some shows up, then I will go with the evidence.

Most people do this for most things. Only with religion do they make an exception and accept something as true with little or no evidence.

Now, for some religious beliefs, I think their concept of god is self-contradictory with other aspects of their beliefs. However, this I will not go into.

Answer 5

I think humans are gods/goddesses and we are demons. We do good and we do harm. No one to blame.
I don't believe there is any santa or easter bunny or gods out there watching over us. There may be some sort of energy that holds the universe together, but I doubt they are helping us or saving some place for us when we die.

If there is, they are doing an awful job. I feel like we are more of some sort of science experiment!

Also, if this god is so good, why would he/she/it send good people to hell for not believing. Sounds like a selfish human throwing a tantrum sort of rule. And why would a god allow evil people in heaven just for deciding in their dying breath after raping, molesting and killing that they go to heaven? And how can any REAL christian be happy in a heaven when they know good people are in hell. It's all hypocritical to me.

I don't believe in any god.

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Answer 6

Yes, I definitely believe that there is no God. I believe the earth, live, and human mankind developed through evolution.
I believe we are in charge of our own lives.
I believe in being good to other people because it makes me feel good, not because some "all-loving" God tells me to, or "I'll be damned".
I don't believe in spirits, prayer, Gods/Goddesses, and i don't believe in religion.

Answer 7

There is no god as described by any religions making all religions false.

Any god is unnecessary and things that are unnecessary either should not or do not exist.

If gods are found to exist then that is as great for them as it would be for aliens to exist but it makes no difference to me.

Answer 8

No I don't believe there is a God. There is a subtle difference between stating that and stating there definitely is no God but that difference seems to be lost on some believers.

Answer 9

I have never seen any proof that there are any gods, spirits, ghosts, supreme beings, fairies, alien visitors, loch ness monsters, big foot, or honest used car salesmen.

I have an open mind, it is just not so open my brains fall out.

Answer 10

There is no evidence for god therefore one cannot say that there is one.

We take the default position that until proven it is mere speculation. Just because a bunch of wackos say there is a god doesn't make it so, they have to prove it.