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If you insist upon disbelief in God, what you must say is, "Having the limited knowledge I have at present, I believe that there is no God." Owing to a lack of knowledge on your part, you don't know if God exists. So, in the strict sense of the word, you cannot be an atheist. The only true qualifier for the title is the One who has absolute knowledge, and why on earth would God want to deny His own existence?

The professing atheist is what is commonly known as an "agnostic" - one who claims he "doesn't know" if God exists. It is interesting to note that the Latin equivalent for the Greek word is "ignoramus." The Bible tells us that this ignorance is "willful" (Psalm 10:4). It's not that a person can't find God, but that he won't. It has been rightly said that the "atheist" can't find God for the same reason a thief can't find a policeman. He knows that if he admits that there is a God, he is admitting that he is ultimately responsible to Him. This is not a pleasant thought for some.

2007-03-24 12:02:32 · 22 answers · asked by Blueryno 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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I guess your right. I could be brain washed just like anyone else.

2007-03-24 12:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes I know there is no God. Especially a all powerful one. Due to the paradoxes that make such a being impossible. If God is all powerful then everything is decided and there is no such thing as free will. If God is all powerful we are part of him making sin an impossible concept.


The bible is as much proof as the Koran.


I am also absolutely certain if there was a God it would not be the god of Abraham. So maybe you are right there is a small space for doubt. Any rational person must admit he might be wrong. Does that make me a believer? HELL NO.

NeX. Atheist.

2007-03-24 12:16:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I'm an atheist agnostic.
Atheist in practice, agnostic in belief.

You are wrong about your definition of agnostic.
It's not just a flimsy 'don't know if a god exists or not' reasoning.

Agnostic - belief that it is not possible for ANYONE to know if a god exists.

I don't have a belief in any gods so I'm therefore atheist, but I also don't believe that it can be known whether a god exists or not. However, I KNOW that if a god did exist it would not be the god of any human religion. Those are just too absurd.

2007-03-24 12:12:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

properly i'm no longer an atheist, yet I do have atheist associates. a great style of the time i think of its neither. i do no longer think of they actually need you to burn in hell yet i do no longer think of they have a real undertaking for you, the two. they are doing what they have been advised they are meant to do. they think of which will supply them brownie factors with God. What they do no longer understand is that the church is a company. A funds-making company. of direction they like to recruit as many donating contributors as achieveable. And the excellent thank you to do it is to cajole Christians that there will be dire outcomes in the event that they do no longer help (and that it is their duty, as stable Christians, to "save the heathens from the burning pits of hell"). Its an incredible sales pitch, yet this is purely what it is. some people purely don't recognize they are contributing to it

2016-12-15 08:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

In science we often use statistical probabilities of 99+% as indicating proof.

Since there is a complete lack of evidence for any supernatural force or deity in our universe, since the universe apparently operates by natural laws, since a universe "designed" by an omniscient, supernatural deity would certainly look very different from what is observable, I think I can safely assign my 99+% probability to there not being a God. For me my 99+% offers proof that there is no God.

2007-03-24 12:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 3 1

Based on my experience and knowledge, I am an atheist. I'm not going to take the time to explain my journey into atheism here, but if you're interested, I'd be more than happy to share it with you.

Obviously, everything that we claim is only based on our personal experience and knowledge. If I say that the sky is not a pattern of green and red plaid, I can only base that on my experience and my "limited" knowledge. Does that mean I should doubt that that sky is not green and red plaid?

You'll drive yourself crazy going around in rhetorical circles like this. We all know that we don't, in fact, know everything -- so our claims of atheism come from the things that we do know. Opinions, ideas, and beliefs aren't always set in stone. Sometimes, as new information is gathered; opinions, ideas, and beliefs change.

2007-03-24 12:11:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3 2

Well I am not atheist but they beleive there is so evidence of God so therefore they do not beleive in Him... no one can "KNOW" anything just like you do not "KNOW' if there is a God. People do not have to beleive in God. You can but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The point is knowing and believing are 2 different things.

2007-03-24 12:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Lindsey G 5 · 2 0

"Truth is verifiable only by identity with it, not by knowing about it." -David R. Hawkins

So long as you view anything as being separate from yourself you only know about it...you cannot know it, because you are relying on perception, which is fallible.
So basically, to be certain that there is a God, you must BE God.

This is why it is said that all men live by faith. Everyone believes that he can rely at least a bit on his perceptions.

Happy are those who believe without seeing...they are not constrained by an investment in perception!

-Rob

2007-03-24 12:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

I believe science with its facts, over God with the Bible.

2007-03-24 12:09:53 · answer #9 · answered by The World Ends with You 5 · 4 0

I know oxygen exists by only having a limited knowledge of it and I can't see it or touch it.

By your definition we cannot know, nor not know anything. How do you define knowledge anyway? How do you know that knowledge even exists.

In the strictest terms of your argument nothing exists.

2007-03-24 12:09:19 · answer #10 · answered by Jez 5 · 4 1

True. As much as any Theist saying they *know* God, Jesus, the FSM... So in any conversation with a theist, I'll temper my verbiage to say that "With every fibre of my body and every cell in my brain, I believe there is no supernatural at all" ... as long as the theist does the same (BTW, I'm a "strong atheist")

But Blueryno, you seem to have *failed* in understanding the term atheist - atheism is simply the lack of belief in God(s), so without qualifying "atheist" with "strong", you're way out-to-lunch with your 1st para, especially including your incorrect and presumptuous assertion: "you cannot be an atheist".

Re: (un)pleasant thoughts? Pffft. Your God's a simple fiction - we give as much though about "finding" him as you do Santa.

2007-03-24 12:06:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 5 3

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