After some questioning and reading, I have seen that most people would classify me as an agnostic - this is because I cannot prove nor disprove deism or atheism. My question is aren't christians and atheists just on the complete opposite sides of the spectrum still requiring the same degree of proof? So it's 2 questions really...How do christians prove there is a god? How do atheists prove there isn't? As far as I'm concerned, I have yet to hear a strong argument for either side.
2007-06-15 05:19:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-06-15 05:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
First of all, How can god be proven ? Answer, he can't. Ever since the beginning of time people have been worshiping many many gods. None have ever been seen, or been proven to even exist.
All supernaturals are only in the minds of the believers. They can't be proven because they don't exist.
Atheists can't prove that there is no god ( I'm not sure that any would even want to ) because non-existence is unprovable.
You can't prove that there is no tooth fairy, for instance. You can say that you were the one that put the coin under the pillow, but that doesn't prove that the fairy didn't put the coin under some other pillow. Again - - non-existance is impossible to prove.
2007-06-15 13:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither have proof. they have their evidence which suggests their beliefs (for whatever reasons)
but its a bit different. they beleive there is or is not a god. where you believe it cannot be proven/known.
generally though atheists are one step beyond agnostics. what their point is, you cannot disprove the existance of anything. meaning u cannot disprove a negative.
asking them to disprove god would be as absurd as asking nasa to disprove there is a mcdonalds somewhere in the galaxy, or me asking you to disprove that i have an invisible pink monkey in my closet who dances when im sleeping.
basically atheism is more of a default setting. they figure since u cannot prove it exists there is no reason for me to believe he exists. agnostics are, well u cant prove he does and u cant prove he doesnt, and christians believe they do have proof he exists. *shrug*
2007-06-15 12:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't prove it either way but if I'm standing in front of a door, wondering what is on the other side I can rule out the improbable with reasonable certainty.
I can say, for instance, that there isn't a unicorn behind the door........not because I can prove unicorns don't exist but because in humanities collective experience not one shred of proof can be shown that unicorns DO exist. It is called beyond a REASONABLE doubt.
2007-06-15 12:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are missing the primary basis in religion. Religion is not based on proof. It is based on belief. Belief does not require proof to back it up. There are many things you can "prove" (the Earth is not flat, Elvis is dead) but if someone chooses to believe the opposite there is no way you can going to change their mind with "proof." Likewise, if people believe the Earth is indeed round(ish) and Elvis really is dead they do not need proof either. I have not seen Elvis' dead body nor sailed around the Earth, but I believe them. If we still have people devided on such questions as these, how can you possibly expect religious issues to be less divisive?
2007-06-15 12:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by darla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists go by the theory that you can't prove something doesn't exist. And so far, there is no actual proof that any god does exist, any more than invisible pink unicorns exist. I myself would err on the side of the unicorns.
2007-06-15 12:26:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't prove that there isn't, but without any evidence that there is one saying there is becomes nothing but a wild guess. Further I can't even see how it logically answers anything. The odds a guess being right is very small.
2007-06-15 12:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy - neither does.
Christians cant prove God exists. They simply believe and have faith that he does.
Atheists simply beleive that he doesnt exist, by virtue of destroying every philosophical argument that there is for "proof" of Gods existence.
2007-06-15 12:26:07 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Free will is a literal impossibility in the universe in which we find ourselves. A revealed deity is then meaningless and moot.
The lack of free will is sufficient proof against theism.
I yield that a deistic deity COULD exist even with the absence of free will... but since it would be consequentially identical to atheism, occam's razor is sufficient principle (but not proof, I plainly state) against deism.
2007-06-15 12:25:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Atheism is the logical default by virtue of the fact that there is no evidence for God. Disbelief in any proposition requires no evidence, so it is correct to say you disbelieve in God when no proof is forthcoming. Agnosticism is as difficult to defend as belief from a logical viewpoint.
2007-06-15 12:23:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have the mindset of an atheist. I find a lot of things wrong with religious texts, which makes it hard for me to think of God in a religious way. With religion dies my belief in a god/gods/being so I'm an atheist, because I don't think there is one.
2007-06-15 12:24:30 · answer #11 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋