2007-02-24 07:28:52 · 17 answers · asked by Maverick 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The point would be that you don't need to prove it.
e.g. Someone says there's a monster under your bed. It sounds rediculous, of course. You can prove its exisitance by capturing it, but there's no way to prove it does not exist. Because that person can say that it doesn't show up at this time. These 2 can argue all they want but they will never find evidents.
My point is that you can't proof it does or doesn't exist unless you physically capture it, but you choose to believe it does or does not exist.
I'm Catholic, but I'm tired these kind of arguements. Just let others believe what they want to believe. The fact that others not believing in what you believe doesn't make it a lie. We have to keep our own faith.
2007-02-24 07:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
But, can you prove that unicorns, faeries, werewolves, vampires, or Santa do not exist? You cannot. Can you prove that they exist? No. Can you prove that God exists? No.
So, why do some people think that those who believe in the existence of faeries are idiots while believing in God, who is just a provable as said faeries? It's just hypocritical.
I prefer to look at God's existence as if it was a scientific hypothesis. A scientific hypothesis is not automatically correct just because it is neither proven incorrect or correct. For such a hypothesis to become seen as true in the scientific community, evidence proving that the hypothesis is correct is necessary. So, until I see evidence that proves that God exists that holds up under scientific scrutiny, then I will continue to believe that God does not exist.
2007-02-24 15:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Nanashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but then again it is not my responsibility to prove that he doesn't, because there is no evidence that he is there. Its all the little religious freaks who insist on saying that he does, so YOU prove it. It is impossible to prove a negative. Why don't you prove to me that there is a God and while you are at it come up with Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny and maybe some flying unicorns.
2007-02-24 15:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by The One and Only 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ontological Argument Against God
(1) If God exists, you could prove his existance logically.
(2) You cannot prove your God's existance so you resort to asking questions logically impossible to answer.
(3) Therefore, you are an idiot.
2007-02-24 15:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by dmlk2 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can you prove he does? You can't prove a negative buddy. Therefore it falls on you to prove your god exists, it does NOT fall on the Atheist to prove he doesn't.
2007-02-24 15:40:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you prove God does exist? Without reading any scripture.
2007-02-24 15:39:19 · answer #6 · answered by Magic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You expect me to prove a negative? Fine, you can also prove a negative.
Prove to me that you're not a pedophile. Until you account for every second of your life, you are a pedophile.
I'm applying the same burden of proof to you that you are trying to apply to me. If you don't like that, then don't try to shift the burden of proof off of yourself.
You're the one that believes in the "god" myth, so you're the one that must prove it. If you have the brains and decency to accept that fact, that YOU have to prove your "god" exists, then you will no longer be accused of being a pedophile.
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2007-02-24 15:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, for the same reasons that other posters have provided.
However, the null hypothesis is that something doesn't exist. The burden of proof lies on you.
Speaking of God, do you mean the Christian God, Jehovah of the Jews, or Allah of the Muslims? Which one of those exists? All of them? None of them?
If you are referring to the Christian God, I invite you to read the attached URL.
2007-02-24 15:42:14 · answer #8 · answered by John T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I can't prove a negative... just like you can't prove that the Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist.
2007-02-24 15:41:30 · answer #9 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I can. If you give me a meaningful definition of what your god actually IS, I will happily point out the absurdity of it. For example, if you define god as something which is omniscient I'd put Heisenberg's uncertainty principle against it which proves that omniscience is an absurd concept.
But "god" as such is just a name of something vague, which of course cannot be disproved as such. If, for example, your god is a speaking frog, I cannot disprove its existence; somewhere in this big universe even such an improbable being might exist.
2007-02-24 15:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋