an outward sign : INDICATION b : something that furnishes proof : TESTIMONY; specifically : something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter
2 : one who bears witness; especially : one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against his accomplices in evidence
1. Where is your evidence GOD does not exsit?
2. Where is your evidence Aliens do not reside on other planets?
3. Where is your evidence there is no Afterlife
4. Where is your evidence a person has not had a divine healing?
5. Where is your evidence the TORAH and the Holy Bible was not inspired by GOD?
Since you refuse everyone and anyone who has bear witness to these things, then can you prove differently?
2007-08-23 08:52:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't prove in a court of law that God does exist. Try it.
2007-08-23 09:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you were on trial for a serious crime, even if absolutely innocent, you could not prove that you did not do it. That's because it is always impossible to prove a negative assertion (...such as, "God does not exist."). That's precisely why it is the Prosecution's job to prove the positive assertion, that you did do the crime (...or, "God does exist."). If the Prosecution cannot prove that you did the crime, you are presumed innocent. Similarly, if Believers cannot prove that God actually exists, it must be presumed that He does not.
The proper rules for using logic have been known since the time of the ancient Greeks and they are just as valid today as they were before Christ's time. Your question illustrates that your own education in these matters is sadly lacking. Every one of your five questions is a negative assertion which can never be proved.
1.) There is no evidence that God does not exist. It is the failure of Believers to prove His existence that forces atheists to presume God does not exist.
2.) There is no evidence that aliens do not reside elsewhere in the universe. If and when someone claims to know that aliens are real, it will be the claimant's responsibility to prove that his assertion is true.
3.) There is no evidence that an afterlife does not exist. Because those who assert that afterlives are real have failed to prove their contention, we have no choice but to assume it is simply not so.
4.) There is no evidence to prove divine healing is not possible. As before, without evidence to prove such healing actually has occurred, there is no logical choice but to presume divine healing has never occurred.
5.) There is no evidence that suggests the holy books were not inspired by God. As always, it is the responsibility of those who claim that said books were inspired by God to prove their assertion. Without such a proof, there is no reason to believe such a divine inspiration actually took place.
All of humanity, except for religious persons, defines "reality" as objective (physical) reality. Only those in the grip of religious delusion imagine their own subjective experience is proof or evidence of anything. The rest of us know that only those things which actually exist in the physical realm can be said to be real. The "testimony" of particularly religious persons is generally known to be virtually meaningless, because such people incorrectly assume that what they see in their mind's eye is actually real.
To answer your question directly, I would not testify in court of law that God does not exist because it is always impossible to prove a negative assertion. (God might always be somewhere I haven't yet looked.)
2007-08-23 16:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. One does not need to disprove something that has not been proven. You cannot disprove the existence of the invisible pink unicorn. If you cannot, does this mean you should believe in it? You would not, as it is not reasonable.
2. I have no evidence that aliens do not reside on other planets. Hence I have no reason to believe that they reside on other planets.
3. I have no evidence that there is an afterlife, hence, there is no reason to believe in such. I have no evidence that there is NO afterlife, just as I have NO evidence that I will turn into superman after I die. Neither situation will reasonably cause me to believe in such.
4. There is no evidence that any person has received divine healing, hence there is no reason to believe in such.
5. There is no evidence that the Torah, Quran, Bible, or Grimms' fairy tales are NOT inspired by some deity. Does this mean you reasonably believe in all of these? I think not.
2007-08-23 16:00:55 · answer #3 · answered by CC 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I could not testify in a court of law on God's existence. I, along with everyone else on this planet, would not be considered enough of an "expert" on the subject to give a viable testimony in a court of law. I COULD, however, testify that _as far as I know, given the evidence presented to me_ God does not exist.
2007-08-23 16:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just because you believe god is real and whatnot, does make it any more real to the rest of us. You stating of the above is old and terribly unoriginal.
Where is your evidence that these things are real?
I, for one, do not have a belief in any form of deity. I cannot force it. It is my personal truth. No amount of quibbling from your side of the fence is going to make me change my mind. The sooner that proselytizing Christians get this through their head, the sooner this bickering can stop.
2007-08-23 16:07:46 · answer #5 · answered by Willow 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not making the extraordinary claim that god exists. Would you testify under oath that god exists? Where is your evidence? If I testified under oath that fairies do not exist and someone else testified that they do exist, who would be pressed to provide evidence? At any rate, I would never testify to any kind of absolution (god exists or god doesn't exist), that is the domain of religion.
2007-08-23 16:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by zero 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Forget all about the evidence and who and why just ask your self and read some why is all those Christians being slaughtered, persecuted for believing Jesus Christ is the Son-of-God? The Sudan, in China? Death to the Christian? Death to the Jew? Leave the World system to it self and get busy in the Kingdom of God system.
2007-08-23 20:54:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IN a court of law.... let's see... If I walked in and stated that God is real and he inspired a book to be written... the FIRST thing ANY Lawyer would say is "Ok, Then your first witness must be God himself... please bring him in"
People tend to forget about the part of Proof... If it didn't work this way, then anyone who commits murder could easily say that the faeries did it and no one could argue with them .
2007-08-23 16:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by River 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
would you swear under oath that God does exist. There is no proof of God's existence and there is no prove that God doesn't exist so swearing an oath either way would be wrong. You would be lying either way.
2007-08-23 17:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by wreaser2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where is YOUR proof that any of this is true?
If I claimed I was abducted by aliens last night, would it be up to me to prove it happened, or up to you to prove to me it didn't happen?
I believe in God, but the proof lies with the claimant, not the dissident.
2007-08-23 16:00:11 · answer #10 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋