2007-01-27 02:35:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If atheism is the belief in no gods, the only valid contradiction would be objective proof of a god.
There is no objective proof of a god.
Note, I didn't say there is no god. I just said there's no objective proof. Everything attributable to a god can be attributed to some other force as well.
If someone produces completely unassailable, objective proof of a god, then they're onto something. If you go into it with predisposition instead of objectivity, you won't produce such proof.
2007-01-27 02:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I assume you're asking whether anyone can 'disprove' atheism.
I've been an atheist since a very early age (I'm now 29) and I currently class atheism as a belief system just like any other. That is to say, atheism actually has something in common with religion, which is that it is a belief (or set of beliefs) that cannot be disproven to someone who is determined enough to believe in them.
For example, suppose a giant god-like face appears in the sky over Fred, a firm atheist. It says to Fred, 'I am God. Do you believe in me now?'
Fred replies, 'I believe I am seeing a large face in the sky. I cannot say why you appear before me, but if I had to guess, then no, I would not consider the existence of a god to be the most likely explanation.'
This is really not so dissimilar to the way that firmly religious people believe in a god regardless of how many logical flaws you point out. You might argue that the "god face" is purely hypothetical and yet the logical flaws in relgion are not, but from the point of view of many religious people there are equally "obvious" logical flaws in atheism.
I studied mathematics at university - a subject closely related to philosophy, especially in the area known as Logic. I discovered that ALL mathematical knowledge is in fact based on a few arbitrary axioms (assumptions) which in themselves cannot be proven or disproven. I realised then that, for all of us, what is "logically" true depends entirely on our underlying assumptions. However, in maths a self-contraditory set of axoims can be proven to be such, but in life it's not so simple because people (even atheists) are not entirely logical. Still... to answer your question... it is my opinion that atheism, as a relgious standpoint, is the most resilient to this kind of undermining.
2007-01-27 03:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by onelifecrisis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WIth your question, what are you aiming for ???
What is the motive for asking this question ?
We should let people believe what they want to believe, and not harass anyone for it. Some atheists are respectfull wonderfull people who respect the rights of people and religion; conversely, others are just nasty, hunting and harassing Christians like nazi SS guards hunted and harassed jews and devout christians. Whether religious or atheist, just leave each other alone, co-exist in peace and respect for humanity. Cruelty, ignorance, hate, intolerance is not acceptable from either side.
Talking about atheism itself, not atheists
there has to be contradictions, there has to be alternative philosophies and paradigms that fill the void, and these philosophies are numerous and debatable, even contradictory.
Sigmund Freud thought he had it all summed up, and all his disciples and almost every book puts his theory in its place or criticizes it. Darwin thought he had it all summed up, but you see some of the very best die or don't reproduce or don't reproduce as much, and yet less than the best reproduce the most, plus his theories were used by racists...
FAITH itself is a contradiction of atheism. Atheists have faith, even indisputable faith, which they defend vigourously to the end, faith in absence of God. Atheism is not just based on fact, but faith.
2007-01-27 02:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by million$gon 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First, I think that atheists contradict themselves when they demand conclusive, indisputable proof of God - basically they want fact. Conversely, they have no problem accepting the theories of evolution, yet there are no indisputable facts proving evolution. There are just as many theories of creationism as there are evolution, but they completely reject God and cling to something else where there is no conclusive evidence either.
2007-01-27 02:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The believers will provide what they imagine are contradictions but the stumbling block for them will be providing valid ones. The answer is no because disbelief is the logical default in the absence of indisputable evidence for God.
2007-01-27 02:46:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, and I know what it is. I shall now dispense to you, the utter wisdom, handed down from generation to generation, crossing time and space, yadda yadda yadda.
If there is no god, then how do you propose Maltesers are made?
There you go, cast iron proof that God exists and indeed, has a sweet tooth.
2007-01-27 02:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Xenophonix 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The BIBLE is a valid contradiction of everything that Atheism stands for.
2007-01-27 02:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Eds 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
It's a contradiction for atheists to babble on and on about how God doesn't exist. If you don't believe in God, drop the freaking subject.
2007-01-27 02:40:34 · answer #8 · answered by Debra D 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Yes many...
Is there any valid support of Atheism? I didn't think so...
2007-01-27 02:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Yes. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. He loves you and wishes you would wake up and see.
2007-01-27 04:19:27 · answer #10 · answered by so so 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋