Atheists: Does your inner voice tell you that there is no God?

Question

I think the "I need evidence" line is meaningless. If we need so much evidence it means we don't even trust our own instincts or even our own sanity. There is probably never going to be empirical evidence for a God or at least not for a ridiculously long time. If there is somekind of God out there (I personally doubt it), it is currently beyond scientific testing. Therefore, our current beliefs regarding the matter cannot be on scientific grounds. Furthermore, the word "improbable" means absolutely nothing in science. For all we know there is a pink unicorn floating around the center of the andromeda galaxy.

It seems to me that time is running out to think about reality, every square inch of eternity, and every square inch of eternity that will never be the same again for all eternity. What we do not imagine of this is wasted by us.

If you are a sane, stable-minded person, what does your spirit say? You a feelin the Swartz or no?

salient2,

Probability is a branch of mathematics that deals with calculating the likelihood of a given event's occurrence, which is expressed as a number between 1 and 0

I have yet to see a mathematical figure from you unproductive snobs.

reereecreek,

No. The Bible does not say that. However, the first part of what you said was true, one should never believe everything one hears about.

Answer 1

Improbable is meaningless in science? When did this happen?

So, I have a barrel full of 1500 red marbles. There are two blue marbles. I cover the barrel, and one must just reach through a small opening and pick a marble without looking. Statistics state that is is highly improbable that I pick a blue one.

The same holds true in religion. There is growing evidence that the creation myth is very improbable. Just yesterday they announced that the remains of some form of human fossil were found near Laredo, TX. These fossils date back about 42 million years.

Answer 2

My spirit? Inner voice? I'm an atheist, not a schizophrenic. You can think that the "I need evidence" line is meaningless all you like. The thing is, when I say it, it's to make a point that I'm not going to simply sit down and read a book, and then instantly believe every word of it to be the absolute, total truth. I'm not going to some church to be sermonized at and then walk out thinking "Wow, because that man said it, it must be true! I totally believe now!" I DO need evidence, and until I get it, the debate rages on. The bible and other religious works are not enough. They are books, written and put together by men. I refuse to be a blind follower of a book, never questioning, never thinking, just trusting and hoping I'm right. Christians are told in the Bible that basically they're not supposed to question or think - just believe. That's not enough for me.

Answer 3

I am an atheist. I do not 'need evidence'. I do not spend much time at all thinking about your god or the tooth fairy or santa. Occasionally here, when not answering more techy questions I come across a religious question that peaks my interest and I do like a good debate. it it fairly obvious to me that an awful lot of christians think that atheists sit around all day thinking up ways to insult them.

This could not be farther from the truth. We just do not believe. It is apparently too simple a concept for theists to grasp so they have to create these great big atheist conspiracies.

Highly amusing sometimes, damned idiotic mostly.

Answer 4

No offense, but if you're having a inner-voice telling you what to do, than it could be a mental problem.

Answer 5

Hello again Zeek,

I am not a believer, that's not say I have faith in the absence of supernatural occurrences. I simply have formed my opinion on what I can justifiably say is real. I can't invest myself much in, well as you put it "...Pink unicorns floating around the center of Andromeda".

You see, there are a lot of things I can't disprove. What my inner voice tells me is that reason is a great tool for finding meaning in our existence. If I want my sense of meaning to be based on what is real, then I need to draw my reasoned conclusions, from what can be shown to be real.

There is room for faith in a reasoning mind. As long as one's faith accepts the demonstrably real, then what is the harm in believing in a loving God, I say.

You are certainly right about time running out. It is for each of us. So please don't tie yourself with to many question that are, in the end, as unsolvable as you amusing Pink Unicorn conundrum.

You are looking for meaning, and that is an admirable thing. Listen to your inner voice, but accept the real world right before you. Find meaning in it, and live as happily as you can. Good luck.

Answer 6

Logic, Reason, and Rationality tell me that there is no "God". It's not just a matter of wanting evidence, since there is no logical reasoning that compels me to bother with believing in god. It serves no purpose to me since I haven't bought into the concept of "sin", and without that concept why would anyone need a "God"?

Why don't I believe in 'sin'? Because "sin" is a religious concept and a relative judgment. It has no ontological status therefore it doesn't exist. In the real world there's only those things and actions that serve us both individually and collectively and those things that do not.

"Religion" and the "God" concept are 2 things that have proved themselves to not serve us Both Individually AND Collectively.

Answer 7

It's a mix of my inner voice, reason and logic, I would guess. It just does not "feel" right if I think about something else. It could be the inner voice...? I don't need no evidence for what I'm feeling. I just know, and I'm at peace with that.

Answer 8

Your instincts mean very little and you CAN'T trust them. If you could, Vegas would be broke. I really don't listen to my instincts except when there is nothing at all to go on, and then only with the hope that I picked up clues that didn't register.. But I did figure it out around ten years old, and that young it probably was instinct to a point.

When I say improbable when referring to rather there is a god or not, it means that I think it is a wild, random guess to put one there. That doesn't make it impossible, but the odds are so low that it really becomes not worth the time it takes to consider it.

Answer 9

We're the only animal on the planet (that we know of) that can imagine unimaginable things. Cerebral creation, I call it. Our ideas are often not fixed, but come to us from a place that science will probably never be able to quantify. So, in answer to your question, my "spirit" tells me God was created in man's image. It was necessary at the time. Probably still is - which is, well, too bad.

Answer 10

No, the outer voices tell me that.
There's plenty of contradictions and just plain old BS to keep me from believing. Besides, a scientific mind has trouble believing something, something far-fetched at that, just because they were told about it. We need at least a tiny bit of credible evidence.