OK. Can anyone prove that God/Creator/Higher Power--DOESN'T exist?

Question

Solid, scientific evidence first if possible. Then arguments of reason.

Answer 1

I am unable with the fractal infernal temporal tools available to prove that a diety doesn't exist. I am an agnostic theist: I affirm an inability to know about the non-existence of a deity or deities and based on this inability to know and a desire to be happy and healthy choose to believe in the one possibility out of all possibilities that enables me to have the highest esteem of self and world that I can possibly imagine: That is I believe in the existence of divine eternal parts of self and world that I call soul and spirit. I acknowledge that this belief is a myth and yet choose to believe that this myth is true because doing so in my mind produces the most powerful emotional responses of glad joy, faith and love imaginble. By using my belief that this myth is true to produce the most powerful emotional responses of glad joy, faith and love imaginable I balance the powerful emotional responses of sad sorrow, mad fear and bad anger that follow from the discovery of the impending disease and death of my fractal infernal temporal seed body. By balancing the emotive forces of my mind I achieve and maintain happiness. I believe being happy puts me in the best possible position to use truth and knowledge based on scientifically reproducible discovery to produce the most powerful physiological responses of good health possible. Combining truth and myth to create a model of self and world that best produces happiness and good health is my goal.

Answer 2

Nope. I admit that I cannot prove that God doesn't exist. Now, can I ask you a question?

OK. Can anyone prove that God/Creator/Higher Power--DOES exist? Solid, scientific evidence first if possible. Then arguments of reason.

Answer 3

Nope, na-uh, can't be done, no way no how. The universe is a damn huge place, and I only live in an itty-bitty teeny-weeny chunk of it, so what the heck can I know?

I can say that I believe that any rational approach to the universe must first remove the idea that a univeral creator is NECESSARY. I can say that we should not assume that the universe needs to have a meaning or a purpose, which is often used as "evidence" that a creator "must exist - if it doesn't we have no purpose. To which my reaction is "And that's bad why?"

I can also say that in every available test (save an uncorroborated incident with the Priests of Baal), if two people look at an empty space where one of them believes there is a chair and the other does not, believing in the chair does not make the chair appear, and only the believer ends up with a bruised backside.

This appears to be "true" in local Earth conditions. So while it is impossible to prove a higher power doesn't exist, it appears to be proven that it doesn't take an inordinate interest in human affairs. That being so for the purposes of our human lives, it might be considered to exists at such a low level of relevancy as to be dismissable for all practical purposes.

Answer 4

This isn't exactly an answer to your question, more an answer to the answers to your question :)

The thing is, there ARE arguments, both logical and scientific, that suggest God exists. Your purple unicorns have no factual basis whatsoever; therefore, of course no one is going to bother proving they don't exist. God, on the other hand, is believed in by many prominent scientsists past and present, has been believed in by the vast majority of the human race for all of history (in one form or another), and is demonstrated in numerous philosophical and theological texts.

Maybe the question could be clarified -- I think what it means is, IN LIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY, can anyone prove that a higher power doesn't exist?

Of course, that would mean you actually had to go and read all that theology and philosophy, which might take a while. :)

Answer 5

A central concept in science and the scientific method is that all evidence must be empirical, or empirically based, that is, dependent on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses.

1 - Can you hear God? No
2 - Can you see God? No
3 - Can you touch God? No
4 - Can you smell God? No
5 - What would God taste like? No one knows

Reason is the method of identifying entities through ones senses. It is the means of integrating those perceptions into 'concepts,' gaining knowledge through this integration, integrating that knowledge into the rest of ones knowledge, and evaluating and manipulating ideas and facts.

The 'concept' of God is usually defined by a lack of a definition. God is not a concept at all because it subsumes no particulars. Unlike a real concept, there is nothing in reality to which one can refer to and say, 'That is God.'

Therefore, God doesn't exist.

Answer 6

The philosophy of science does not allow the proof that anything does not exist. In short terms, you cannot prove a negative. You can give evidence to show that something does exist, but you can never prove that it does not exist.

Answer 7

Hey, I'm STILL trying to prove that the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny don't exist. I've given up on fairies. I guess I'll try disproving the existence of God next. I figure that whatever argument works for the Tooth Fairy will probably work for God.

As for the existence of the Devil . . . "I think, therefore I am!"

Answer 8

Evolution, Dinosaur bones (dinos weren't in the bible, but were real.)

The fact that so many religions exist and are all very different from each other.

The fact that so many terrible things happen to good, innocent people.

Inperfections on humans, why would God want imperfections in his own image.

Only humans know about god.

The bible says women are not as capable as men.

There is more, but I don't feel like typing it...

Answer 9

No matter who says what, there is no way in hell (excuse the phrasing) that anyone can't disprove the existence of God, a Supreme Creator, or whatever you wish to call Him/Her. those who do believe, believe because of faith, which is something which comes from within.

What's up with all the drinking?

Answer 10

no of course not, just like no one can prove higher powers do exist, BUT we do live in a world where we dont believe something UNTIL it is proven, not we believe something until it is disproven. So the burden of proof should be on proving god does exist not the other way around.