How do you prove there is no God?

Question

In other words, how can you 'know' for sure there is no God?

no one can just say "I know..." and not be ready to prove such a declarative statement. Why are people avoiding my question?

Answer 1

You can't.

Answer 2

You can't prove of that, Its the other way around...there is proof everywhere that God exists:

Ps. 19:1: “The heavens are declaring the glory of God; and of the work of his hands the expanse is telling.”

Ps. 104:24: “How many your works are, O Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions.”

Rom. 1:20: “His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made.”

New Scientist magazine said: “The lay view persists—of scientists having ‘disproved’ religion. It is a view that commonly expects scientists to be nonbelievers; that Darwin put the last nails in God’s coffin; and that a succession of scientific and technological innovations since have ruled out the possibility of any resurrection. It is a view that is wildly wrong.”—May 26, 1977, p. 478.

A member of the French Academy of Sciences stated: “Natural order was not invented by the human mind or set up by certain perceptive powers. . . . The existence of order presupposes the existence of organizing intelligence. Such intelligence can be none other than God’s.”—Dieu existe? Oui (Paris, 1979), Christian Chabanis, quoting Pierre-Paul Grassé, p. 94.

Scientists have identified over 100 chemical elements. Their atomic structure displays an intricate mathematical interrelationship of the elements. The periodic table points to obvious design. Such amazing design could not possibly be accidental, a product of chance.

Illustration: When we see a camera, a radio, or a computer, we readily acknowledge that it must have been produced by an intelligent designer. Would it be reasonable, then, to say that far more complex things—the eye, the ear, and the human brain—did not originate with an intelligent Designer?

Answer 3

You can't prove OR disprove the existence of something for which there is not the slightest bit of evidence.

By the way, "circumstantial" evidence doesn't count, so don't anybody start in about "irreducible complexity."

If I insist that the room is full of insensible leprechauns, who can really deny it? You have every right to dismiss me as a lunatic, but you can't say for sure. Such is theism. One is free to make up any kind of nonsense one likes. Unfortunately, the "burden of proof" is on the person who makes up the nonsense, not the person who declares it to be nonsense.

Answer 4

Why would anyone need to prove there is no god?

I know there is no god the same way I know that there is no polka-dotted chimpanzee dancing on my head at this very moment. I don't also need a proof.

The fact that I don't know "for sure" doesn't change the fact that I know that there isn't any god. If that little tiny percentage of doubt makes you change the way you behave, why aren't you wearing a diaper on your head to protect yourself from chimp droppings?
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"no one can just say "I know..." and not be ready to prove such a declarative statement. Why are people avoiding my question?"

False. I know there is no god. I cannot prove that there is no god. I know that there is no polka-dotted chimpanzee on my head. I cannot prove that there is no polka-dotted chimpanzee on my head.

I answered your question. In fact, I gave you the correct answer. Why are you evading the answer?

Answer 5

You do not know for sure if there is a god or not. You do not know for sure if the invisible pink unicorn exists or not. You will just have to use your sense to choose between believing or not.

You can never disprove what has not been proven in the first place.

Answer 6

Just as there is no proof of God's existence so there can be no proof of non existence.

Same for the tooth fairy - we all know it's parents doing it don't we? But how can you prove it does not exist?

The question is only asked though by bad Christians who lack faith or are trying to be clever.

You either have faith or you do not - Christianity is a faith - so what does that say about your question?

Answer 7

Which god? I can easily prove that the biblical god doesn’t exist, it’s easy using only pure logic. Christian theologians have challenged me and I proved it and their final resort was “god works in mysterious ways”. It was extremely embarrassing for them. But to do this you need time (you can’t do it here). Now other gods are somewhat slipperier. For instance the Hindu one is very difficult to pin down. He/She/It is so slippery that you can’t even blasphemy against it, I find that very cool and that is how a god should be. Yahweh can be taken down very quickly, it’s too easy, that’s why so many Jews are basically Atheists.

Answer 8

You can't because there is a God. He's amazing and wonderful and created the universe and all things in it. He is real and cannot be denied. The Bible says there is a God, I know there is a God because of all the things he's done in my life and in other people's lives. How can you look at creation and believe it all just fell into place when a big bang happened or some other way. God created it all. He is real, find him today!!!

Answer 9

you cannot prove there is no god. You can however,prove that certain versions of events did not happen,making the existance of a particular version of god most likely impossible

Answer 10

Do you believe in pink unicorns, the tooth fairy, and the FSM? If so, then good for you. If not, then how can you know for sure that they do not exist and deserve your constant prayers?

Answer 11

For the rational mind, it is not necessary to 'prove' that there are no invisible, magical sky-fairies (gods). All that is necessary is to find that the arguments in favor of there being invisible, magical sky-fairies are not compelling, and thus are insufficient to initiate or sustain a state of 'belief'.

For that to change that, it would be necessary for someone to produce compelling evidence that invisible, magical sky-fairies DO, in fact, exist. However, that has not happened, over the course of thousands of years... and thus, I count it as very unlikely that it will happen in the future.