What's your favourite argument that disproves the existence of God?

Question

1. no evidence (well there isn't any)

2. Occam's Razor (God is much harder to explain than any
scientific theories, therefore the theories are most likely the correct explanations)

3. evolution (God didn't create each species all at once, there was one common ancestor some 4 billion years ago which evolved)

4. contradictions and fallacies in Holy Books (there's a lot!)

5. the number of diverse religions in the world (not every religion can be right according to them)

6. poor morality and violence shown in Holy Books (isn't God supposed to be perfect?)

7. The super-ego projection: A psychological explanation as to why people invent gods just as a perfect version of themselves. That's why most gods are men (patriarchal) and the same ethnicity of the believers.(Indian gods are Indian!)

8. "Putting god in the gaps": people like to explain the unexplainable with something equally unexplainable (ie. God did it!). This is how religion began in the first place

My favorite argument is the one that goes like this.

"Since I believe in God He must exist."

Never mind the historical accounts that says Jesus never even existed. Never mind the fact that the idea that life was created by a super complex being is way more illogical than life arising from inanimate matter. Or the codes that are far more complex than any computer code devised by men reside are perfect explanation to how evolutionary mechanisms function. Oh it's impossible so God MUST HAVE DONE IT. Guess you didn't read my God in the Gaps argumement because you're using it right now! I like this anecdotal evidence: "Never mind that people who have been steadfast atheists of high intelligence have set out to prove that the Bible is false and have ended up becoming converts to Christianity."

How you became a contributor spouting complete BS is beyond my understanding. I guess by your own reasoning since something is unexplainable God must have done it.

Answer 1

Just because you can't see proof in a test tube does not mean there is no creator. God is outside organized religion, so just saying the bible is wrong doesn't dismiss there being a God.

Answer 2

I am going with a combination of 7 and 8. With 8 being the slightly stronger. It really shows clearly how there is simply no need for religion anymore, it served its purpose while our species was in the early stages of development, but should have dissipated centuries ago, along with all the other ancient religions when science and reason moved to the forefront.

Answer 3

My favorite argument is the one that goes like this.

"Since I don't believe in God He must not exist."

Never mind the eyewitness accounts of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Never mind the fact that the idea that life arose from inanimate matter is illogical or that codes far more complex than any computer code devised by men reside in each cell of every living organism could never arise by chance even with the mysterious force of natural selection canceling out all of the mistakes. Never mind that people who have been steadfast atheists of high intelligence have set out to prove that the Bible is false and have ended up becoming converts to Christianity.

If you don't believe God exists then He must not exist, and that's the end of it.....Or is it.....?

Answer 4

all 8

Answer 5

Number 9.

Answer 6

I have to go with 3 as it contributes to 1 and 3, but 8 works well also.

Answer 7

I don't have a great argument for the notion that there is absolutely NO god. Maybe one exists that we don't know about.

However, I am pretty well convinced that there is no judeo-christian-muslim god. An onmiscient, omnipotent, omnipresent god who intended to let people know about him/her could do better than a series of ambiguous scripture about which people cannot agree. A true god would know how to express himself/herself in unambiguous terms that even a simple mind could understand. Yet we have writings that take priests, pastors, rabbis, mullahs, imams and televangelists to try to explain -- all to no avail, except to prove their dubious origins.

Answer 8

None of these. Just plain life experience and growing up and not being so gullible anymore. I don't feel the need to argue the none existence of God, if someone believes, I will respect that and not feel the need to make them believe what I do, but I will question their beliefs so at least I know they are believing what they believe because they want to, not because they are told to

Answer 9

I don't know if it's really an argument, but I always wonder, with so many religion in the world, so many gods to choose from, what makes people so sure they got the right one?

Answer 10

I would add #9

The universe would look very different if there were supernatural forces in the cosmos. As it is, it appears to be completely natural and bereft of any supernatural or intelligent guiding forces.