To a Christian: What's the #1 reason that there's God? To an Atheist: What is the #1 reason that there isn't?

Answer 1

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several Logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 2

No1 Reason that there is a God: There is an inner sense of the numinous (A supreme creator) in humans when they contemplate the works not done by their hands (nature basically). The fact that he (Man) knows that nature is not the works of his hands, it should be the works of a supreme being's hands then. Whether one supreme being or many, whether that being is nature itself self-creating and self-dependant or not ,does not matter, what matters here is that nature, with all its laws and wonder, does not originate in Man (so far the most intelligent being); whatever source it originates from, that is the ONE! there is your proof.

No1 Reason that there is no God: If there were God, then he wouldn't allow himself to sit back and watch people wonder whether he exists or not, he would at least CONSTANTLY do something about it. Now It's almost like people's imagination determine what God should be. Religion is a primitive way we understood the universe; by heaven, ancient man meant the literal heaven with all its hosts (sun, moon, stars and the 12 zodiac).

Personally, I think that there has been (a) first cause(s) to the universe (reason No1). Only the very nature of that/these cause(s) elude me and many others who seek to find out about God. Maybe It's because we do not know the nature of that God, so we do not see/know him and therefore doubt all the time. I mean if a horse was to picture its creator, it would probably picture it with all the horse features and pray to such a projection. This is what men do, they pray to their human projection of what God should be like and end up asking: If god exists, why doesn't he talk to me back when I pray (because man projects human features such as voice, hands, ears etc to his ultimate cause).

If Man projects his human features to what he believes is the ultimate creator; if a horse does likewise and so does a dog, then each of those god-projections is not the ultimate cause/God, but rather the god of that species' imagination only (Man, horse or dog). But since this first cause is supposed to be the ultimate cause, then it should at least have the features of all creations simultaneously; if we end up discovering a being with all those features, then my friend, that is the ONE!

Shalom aleyekhem; Salam aleykum, Peace be upon you !!!

Answer 3

#1 Reason is that everything that is claimed to have been done by God is more likely to have happened naturally on it's own anyway including the creation of the universe. Therefore, even if God does exist, he's kind of redundant and unimpressive.

Answer 4

Hey, I am a Muslim.

I have a lecture for everyone who wants proof of Almighty God. It is by the brilliant Muslim scholar, Dr. Zakir Naik. He proves Almighty God’s existence by using some of the many scientific verses in the Qur’an. Scientists are recently discovering these facts, but they were already in the Qur’an 1400 years ago! Please listen to the lecture. It is worth your time.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E2s14T6x5AM

Thank you for your time.

Answer 5

The opposite of everything is nothing, that's where you'll find God... everything came from nothing, after all.

I'm not calling God nothing, but even when there are no planets, stars, moons or even so much as a sub-atomic particle anywhere... God still exists.

Answer 6

A complete and utter lack of any evidence for the existence of any gods whatsoever.

Answer 7

No proof and religions were created for political reasons.

Answer 8

I'm a Christian. I look around and see that GOD must exist.

GOD bless

Answer 9

No proof.