2007-05-01 11:38:46 · 24 answers · asked by Dr Know It All 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one can prove anything about God. Period. End of story. No one can prove Him...no one can disprove Him.
2007-05-01 11:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Stardust 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Can you disprove the existence of Thor? Zeus? Hercules? Aphrodite? Any other god assumed to exist by past civilizations? No, you cannot, it is impossible. What you can do is apply rational thought to collective human knowledge about the universe and usually, if the logical portion of your brain is functioning correctly, you will come to the conclusion that is completely contradicting the possibility of any god. If you are trying to say that you believe in god, simply because he cannot be disproved, then that is a very silly way of looking at this issue. What if I told you that there is a giant flying spaghetti monster orbiting around the sun but is too small to see with any telescopes we will ever have. Would you believe the spaghetti monster exists simply because you cannot disprove its existence? What if nobody else believed in god because they logically concluded that not being able to disprove somethings' existence, is not grounds for believing something does exist. Then you would be considered a crazy person if you believed in god.
2007-05-01 18:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by Diagoras 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No one can prove the existence, nor the non-existence of God. One can only make arguments for one's position; hopefully through the use of logic and reason. This defines philosophical debate. To argue that something exists, simply because no one can prove it doesn't exist, is a logical fallacy with no merit.
However, in my view it doesn't matter if you can prove something of the divine or not. It all comes down to personal belief and experience. Those who have faith deserve to have that faith respected. Those who do not have faith likewise deserve to have thier beliefs respected.
2007-05-01 18:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by artfuldragons 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The burden of proof is on the one making the positive claim. Can you prove the non-existence of Russell's teapot?
Russell's teapot, sometimes called the Celestial Teapot, was an analogy first coined by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, intended to refute the idea that the burden of proof lies upon the sceptic to disprove unfalsifiable claims of religions. In an article entitled "Is There a God?", commissioned (but never published) by Illustrated magazine in 1952, Russell said the following:
“ If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. ”
In his book A Devil's Chaplain, Richard Dawkins developed the teapot theme a little further:
“ The reason organized religion merits outright hostility is that, unlike belief in Russell's teapot, religion is powerful, influential, tax-exempt and systematically passed on to children too young to defend themselves. Children are not compelled to spend their formative years memorizing loony books about teapots. Government-subsidized schools don't exclude children whose parents prefer the wrong shape of teapot. Teapot-believers don't stone teapot-unbelievers, teapot-apostates, teapot-heretics and teapot-blasphemers to death. Mothers don't warn their sons off marrying teapot-shiksas whose parents believe in three teapots rather than one. People who put the milk in first don't kneecap those who put the tea in first.
2007-05-01 18:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by eldad9 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Let the believer provide the proof.
Can you prove I wasn't visited by Martians last night?
2007-05-01 18:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that is a personal question that makes no sense...i have never seen,met or heared someone who claimed to be god.all the eviedence i have for gods existence is the guy "god" in yahoo answers but it's a nickname i supose...
2007-05-01 18:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by mpcagk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Kitty because He is real i think & we all didn't slither out of the sea etc you are far to perfect for you to have been an accident & God does love us regardless of what we do wrong just like a parent love's their kids
2007-05-01 19:59:59 · answer #7 · answered by ausblue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,i can't.But nobody can prove that god exists too...
If you believe in god,that's your choice,you have the right to believe.
But if you don't believe in god,that's your choice too.
Simple.
2007-05-01 20:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by Hannah-atheist forever 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, but i cant prove the existance of G-d either. i guess you have to go with what you feel
2007-05-01 18:44:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Can you prove the non existence of Thor, the god of thunder? no? Ok then, let's all worhsip Thor.
2007-05-01 18:42:18 · answer #10 · answered by DanCorb 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋