As is the case with Atheism.
2007-01-29 11:46:33 · 12 answers · asked by . 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
HOW CAN YOU SAY THERE ABSOLUTELY IS NO GOD??? HOW IS IT THAT YOU KNOW?
2007-01-29 11:51:20 · update #1
Philosophically speaking, you cannot prove any negative, only positives.
Say the cops arrest you on suspicion of something. You want to prove that you are not guilty; instead you must prove that you have an alibi, someone that can vouch for your whereabouts at the time of the crime, or that there are some other circumstances that are not consistant with the crime scene data.
No, athiest cannot prove that there is NOT a God. To do so, an athiest would have to know everything about everything and be able to prove that they know everything, and that the data supports some other theory to the exclusion of God.
2007-01-29 11:55:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is a lack of belief in gods. I don't believe in gods. It is that simple. I never claimed I could prove anything outside of mathematics. It seems like you don't know the definition of atheist. An atheist is defined simply one who does not believe in gods. An atheist is not necessarily compelled to prove anything, unless of course they are taking a mathematics class and need to pass.
Proof is something Mathematicians do. In the real world we collect evidence and based on that evidence we estimate probabilities. Based on the evidence available to me, I estimate the probability of your god claim being correct as being insignificant.
If you present additional credible evidence I will look at it and adjust my estimate accordingly.
2007-01-29 19:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As is the case with atheism??? Atheism exists. What exactly are you trying to prove? Maybe reword the question?
2007-01-29 19:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't prove a negative...it's up to you to prove what you say is true. God doesn't exist, any more than Santa Claus does.
Tim, it's "innocent until proven guilty". When you are arrested, the burden of proof is with the ones who say you did something. You don't have to prove you didn't do it.
Non-Believers
"We Exist"
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2007-01-29 19:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are right, we can't prove a negative, so saying there's no proof to prove the non-existent of God is pointless, but saying that there's no proof to prove god exist is correct
2007-01-29 19:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by FAUUFDDaa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. I personally am not absolute, and my experience is that most of us aren't. I just find that the total lack of any evidence indicating any god exists makes the odds of a god prohibitively low.
2007-01-29 19:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's as possible as proving the existence of God, which is why I regard the debate between atheists and theists as an academic exercise.
2007-01-29 19:51:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take an absolute positive and multiply by -1.
2007-01-29 19:51:28 · answer #8 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good point. you cant prove atheism without being omnipresent
2007-01-29 19:52:01 · answer #9 · answered by night_fox51 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who wants to do that?
2007-01-29 19:50:39 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋