2007-04-11 00:38:32 · 30 answers · asked by stephen v 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
THATS CRAP- give me one bit of evidence.
its all made up beliefs, the only evidence is in your head.
2007-04-11 00:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Peanut butter Jelly Time!!!! 4 · 10⤊ 4⤋
For hevvinsake, man - the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'evidence'.
I assume you're talking about the beauty of a flower, the majesty of mountains, the glory in a child's eyes - and similar emotive rubbish.
Or could it be the wonderful way that all the creatures of the world, animal and plant, all work together to help each other survive? Or the amazing way that the parts of the body functions in perfect, complex harmony with each other? Or the miracle of birth, by which a whole new life is formed from invisibly tiny cells?
Please try to get a grip; these things are the way they are because they have *developed* into this harmony of components. Billions of others which didn't have the exact harmony died out.
Try this. Hold a spoon out in front of you, and pour cornflakes from several feet above it. At the end, you'll probably have a few flakes in the spoon. ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? You poured those flakes directly into the spoon! What amazing accuracy! Praise the Kellogg company, etc!
The world we see is the result of billions of years of living things trying to live in their environment. The harmony we see is the flakes that hit the spoon, but scattered around us are trillions of dead things that didn't hit the mark. That's why things look as though they're accurately designed.
CD
2007-04-11 08:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The reason we have "rules of evidence" in court is that evidence is not the same as proof. Evidence is put before you, but you must decide for yourself if it constitutes proof.
It is hard to understand the materialists, but they find spiritually oriented people equally hard to understand. To a materialist, the world is a clock-work mechanism. To the spiritual, it is an organism. The materialists get around that by considering organisms to be just more complicated mechanisms. Go figure.
2007-04-11 07:44:01 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That "evidence" is used by all people to support their own beliefs and/or ideas. In order to claim it as evidence of God or anything else, one has to be able to Prove it is linked to God or whatever... at least, when you're trying to make the argument that this evidence supports your ideas. =)
2007-04-11 08:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't see any need or justification for making up some idea of a supernatural being to justify what is evident all around us. Surely it is preferable to live in recognition of our ignorance, without making untestable suppositions? It just requires more courage - and real faith, instead of belief. Belief makes assumptions and postulates consequences. Faith makes no assumptions but is willing to engage and act on hypotheses - then respond to the results intelligently, again without assumptions. That's the difference. But I doubt you'll percieve that as the best answer! Good luck.
2007-04-11 07:56:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Again, as so many times before, this is infantile. Your surroundings were caused naturally. They do not provide evidence. God does not exist.
For those who live in a fantasy-world, I do feel genuinely sorry for you.
The real world awaits your attention.
There is much information out there waiting for you to absorb about the world around you and the universe. Start now?
2007-04-11 09:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because religion is a belief, there is no hard evidence to or for either side of the arguments.
otherwise it wouldn't be a belief, it would be a fact.
and as there isnt any proof that there is, or isn't a god, you'll always get people going either side of the fence. accept that, that is a fact.
2007-04-11 07:44:01 · answer #7 · answered by §ilver 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
There isn't any evidence which catigoricaly rules out the possibility of a higher being.
2007-04-11 07:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by Curious-This is bugging me!! 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You say there is evidence and yet you provide none.
2007-04-11 10:01:27 · answer #9 · answered by marineboy63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is something I am always asking!there is only one god.
always this evidence thing they are looking for.
if they would look around,it is all evidence,even the bad things,they have been allowed for a reason.and also it is faith.
2007-04-11 09:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I only see evidence to the contrary. Name one piece of concrete evidence that proves God's existence.
2007-04-11 07:42:35 · answer #11 · answered by Jon Soundman 4 · 8⤊ 3⤋