athiests what do you have to say about this?

Question

when asked on a lie detector if they beleive in god and they say no ,its shows up they are lying.

Imeant atheists.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aix0DHiq4askY5At4ZLkSGghBgx.?qid=20070520235337AAlNsO1&show=7#profile-info-v0FgA15Gaa

go to lilgreys answer.

I didnt say anything about a lie detector being right,I asked what atheists think of it.
touchy touchy subject.

why so easily offended,so defensive,I clearly wasnt intended to caus offense.

that should have been intending for those who go looking for spelling errors,grammer mistakes.
I can understand the anger though,if I said why it was caus another uproar so will just leave it there.

last comment-obviously tests have been done on this,and someone said detectors are 98% accurate,meaning there must be some truth in it.

last comment 2.-I will never believe a human does not believe in its own creator.

Answer 1

They're in denial with themselves.

Answer 2

Polygraphs (Lie Detectors) are notoriously unreliable as truth detectors. That is why they are not admissible as evidence in UK courts.

They measure heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and electro-dermal activity (sweatiness, in this case of the fingers) change in comparison to normal levels. Fluctuations may indicate that person is being deceptive, but exam results are open to interpretation by the examiner.

Anyone who practises yoga or martial arts could probably fool a lie detector enough to make the result less than tenable.

As a rational atheist I'd like to know the source of this miraculous piece of news. Are you saying that us atheists subconsciously believe in a deity? Consciously I don't, having used the intellect and free will which believers claim was given to me by a deity to reason out my own philosophy of life - which has no place for some kind of "superior, supernatural being".

Answer 3

I did a course in Uni on forensic science. We all had a go on the lie detector and of the 100 questions, this was one asked. When asked if I believed in God, I replied "yes". It showed that I was lying.

Surely this test is just as conclusive as yours.

Answer 4

you cannot generalise that all athiests would give the same result,,, The lie detector is only about 96% accurate and that is under debate..
I know thier isn`t a God with as much coviction as you say there is. we are at opposite ends of the spectrum here and whatever you or I say on the subject will not budge us from our entrenched positions.
We all just have to live together and accept opposing opinions.

Answer 5

I do not know if what you are writing is hypothetical or statistical information. If you know this occurs then could you share your proofs with us? Until then your contention has no authority or weight. It sounds more like conjecture and opinion.
Now do not get the idea that I am an athiest. I am a Catholic priest and am trying to help you by informing you that your argument is not persuasive. You have to offer more than this to get others to respond and respond charitably. May the Lord bless and keep you. May the light of His face shine upon you.

God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john

Answer 6

Interesting.
Could you cite a peer-reviewed source for this please?

"Athiests" " beleive" indeed...

(edit: That's *it*? That's all you've got?
You have a bad case of scepticism deficiency.
Statements are not true just because you'd like them to be.
Research! Check! Question!)
(edit 2: "I clearly wasnt intended to caus offense."
No? Your original question, which was more of a statement, read very much like a dogmatic assertion, accusing atheists of hypocrisy. No "It has been reported" or "I have heard that"... which might take the edge off it.)

Answer 7

3rd rewrite after reading the answer in your link.

You have exposed a major fault with many people who call themselves Christian.

You have seen some words where somebody claims something, and you believe it.

All this does is prove that you are very gullible, the Atheists ask for your prove, you offer someones claim, the Atheists are not convinced.

It seems to this agnostic, that the Atheists require more evidence than you did, you are too trusting, somebody tells you something, you believe it, just as somebody told you that Christianity is true, and you believed it.

There is no more evidence that Christianity is true, than there is that that claim in your link is true.

Answer 8

It you knew anything about lie detectors you would know this is not a valid question for a lie detector examination.

The only type of valid questions are those of first hand factual information.

So lets see your study was it conducted by a qualified examiner? Either you made it up or it was conducted by some minister somewhere.

edit:
Where is the study? Lilli's answer is not a study, why would I believe her. She sites no source.

Please look at the top of my answer, It is NOT a valid question for lie detector examination. I will guarantee you no qualified examiner would even ask it.

Answer 9

Not this load of bollocks again. And where have you gotten hold of all atheists lie detector test - stupid? Here's one for you - when they open the brains of Christians they'll find a big hole where their brains should be, but **** all else!

Answer 10

I say quote your source. I've never heard of such a study being done and would question its validity, especially as a lie-detector is not accurate under certain conditions.
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The other person didn't cite a source either. There is no reason to believe random people on the internet. Without a valid, peer-reviewed study there is *no reason* to accept what you say is true.

Answer 11

There may be a difference in search of self
and in the teachings your observe and follow

There may always be much more to learn
today and tomorrow.

So whatever you believe and whatever to seek
the truth of expression lies within your being.

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