How can you say gods not real?

Question

You say you cant see god so that means he isnt there but i cant see your brain so i guess it means that thats not there either just asking

Answer 1

This is actually NOT as lame a question as some people appear to think it is. The point is, we can't see oxygen, but that doesn't stop us breathing, right?

And certainly in recent weeks, I've been learning about the diversity of creatures on this planet, and one thing has become obvious above all others - things exist without any reference to whether we see them, know them, understand them in any way, shape or form. To continue the oxygen line, oxygen is present because of chemical reactions, not because it knows we need oxygen to breathe. The world doesn't exist to serve us, so just because we can't see God it doesn't, in any empirical way, mean he isn't there.

I think the point that follows from this though is that it doesn't mean that he is, either.
And while oxygen doesn't demand that we believe in it before it lets us make use of it, and creatures don't demand that we believe in them before they exist, the idea of God is a metaphysical one, that has an effect on how we live our lives if we choose to believe in it.

So essentially the stakes, and the burden of proof, are higher for God than they are for other, more material things. And it's against this standard of proof that we can say God doesn't exist. Essentially, what we're actually saying is that he hasn't proved that he exists to the level at which we would believe in him. If he did that - if he proved his existence to OUR satisfaction, many an atheist still might not necessarily worship him, but would probably nod and say "Oh. There you are. OK, so you exist" at least.

But of course the neat little twist is that if he proved he existed, it would be a denial of the faith of all those who believe without proof, and how they'd respond to that, I'm not so sure. Almost, I'd suggest, like the faithful son in the story of the Prodigal Son, who was annoyed that so much effort should be gone to for the wayward one, rather than himself.

Answer 2

We can see our brains. We have machines for that, invented by scientists, used to save lives every day.

Isn't science wonderful?

And we also know they exist because that's what allows us to think, and every time you open up a human head- there's a brain there. Go figure. Whereas there is zero evidence whatsoever for the existence of any gods.

At least you didn't pick "the wind", which is an even worse example.

Answer 3

I can't see air but I know it is there.

I cannot see a god and do not know that it is there. I can find proof for air but none for a god. I like it that way. It makes humans responsible for their own actions and not able to claim a higher power made them do it.

However, I like it when people do good deeds for others because they are religious. They just don't have to tell anybody about their reasons.

Answer 4

Let's do an experiment. You pray to God and ask him for a million dollars. I'll use my brain to figure out how to make a million dollars on my own without his help and we'll watch and see who gets rich faster.

Answer 5

Technichly, you can see a brain. I mean, if you really really want to. But who really really wants to? There is no proof that god exists, nor is there proof that any other god, in any other religion exists, but if you want to beleive he does, than why not? Should it really matter what other people beleive about god, or what other people think about brains? Beleive what you want. Just don't make others beleive what they don't want.

Answer 6

god is purely one thing people have created in the time of the years to describe the mysteries of the universe that folk carry onto as an emblem of wish yet people are commencing as much as gain that they do no longer choose for it anymore in todays society yet thats purely evolution and the form of humanity that's needed with a view to proceed to exist the destiny we would desire to forged aside the previous and try for a miles better the next day

Answer 7

Oh no, I am a Christian. I think a better analogy would have been the wind or gravity... We CAN see brains, all you have to do is crack open someones scull.

God is so much bigger than that.

Answer 8

LOL
I find this funny for both sides both athiest and Christain. Hopefully most of them will think so.
Some good advice to follow don't force your beliefs on others.

Answer 9

You can see my brain. All you have to do, is cut open my head.

Do you believe in Zeus or Thor or Shiva? No? You can't disprove them. Can you imagine what kind of crazy world we would live in if we believed in EVERYTHING until it was DISPROVEN.

Unicorns, Leprechauns, fairies, mermaids, the invisible spaghetti monster, your imaginary friend Bob, etc. etc. etc.

Answer 10

There is no deity at all because free will does not exist (consequence of the Church-Turing Thesis). Any deity that MIGHT exist, but would create self-aware beings without free will simply isn't logical in the slightest the moment you start ascribing infinite or omni properties to it.

The concept of a deity is self-contradictory.