2007-11-02 10:35:07 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
@ James N: Sorry, no that's not what I meant. But thanks for playing!
2007-11-02 10:50:22 · update #1
Wow! You seem to have stymied everyone - certainly nobody's stepped up to tell you why there has to be a God, despite the fact that some insist there must be.
Depressing to see so many unbelievers tripping over your - x - as well.
CD
2007-11-02 10:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There can be a God
There can't be a God like the one described in the bible due to the inconsistencies, conflicts, historic inaccuracies, and cultural (human) bias in the biblical description of him.
For example, the direction from God in Dueteronomy and Exodus as to on how to treat our slaves is inconsistent with a loving God. The statement in the ten commandments that we will never be forgiven for blasphemy is a conflict with the concept of a forgiving God. So is his sanctioned genocide including innocent babies via flood (Noah), war (Jericho), and other method (Sodom). Noah's flood is also an example of inconsistency with physical record (and common sense). Same with the creation story.
The cultural bias of Jews being his "chosen people", at the expense of the first born of Egypt, the Canaanites, and others doesn't make sense for a universal God. Also, his lack of physical appearance today as is claimed in biblical times. Why was he so present in the Old Testament, but not a peep since. Then, of course, is the human editing of the bible (and exclusion of entire books) by medievel monks that, by definition, clearly altered the content of the original "divinely inspired" writings.
2007-11-02 10:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by freebird 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think very many of your answerers bothered to really read your question.
Why can't there be a God? Because for many people, accepting that there is no God means that they also have to accept that death is permanent. And of course everyone dies--including them. So to avoid this discomfort, they cling to the idea that if you believe really, really hard, you'll be granted everlasting life through the lord Jesus Christ. To get around all this pesky proof that us Atheist continually ask for, they come up with some pretty interesting explanations such as "You don't need proof--just faith." Or even that if proof exists, faith wouldn't be necessary... thus defeating the entire point behind having faith in the first place. This way they can cling to their system of faith in absolute absence of all reasonable proof.
They can also thumbs-down and report me for speaking the truth! But at least I read your question, and provided an answer to the best of my ability.
2007-11-02 10:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Which god do you mean? I look at holy books for each religion, and I find much proof in them that each god of each religion could not possibly exist. Such books are full of glaring contradictions and gross errors about science and reality. There was a movie long ago called "The Gods Must Be Crazy". I find "The Gods Are Stupid". It is much more logical to know that ignorant men invented gods and claim to speak for them. Naturally, a big part of these gods' messages are to pay the priests well.
2007-11-02 10:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a decent volume on mythology, you'll see thousands of Gods that were popular long before Abraham had his revelation. None of them were real but they all had devoted followers who sacrificed to them, built temples to honor them, killed and died for them. They were created by humans and humans made there lives revolve around them yet they where fiction. Ancient man had very complex imaginations. As we developed, the gods numbers grew smaller, but a few linger on.
This is an abbreviated history of man and his gods, but there is no evidence of the supernatural.
I've seen no evidence that any such beings ever existed.
As god is defined, there can't be such a being that doesn't conform to the laws of physics.
2007-11-02 10:47:20 · answer #5 · answered by Equinoxical ™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First let's agree that a God would be something universal and all powerful and all seeing, that the way you people define it right?
Then why hasn't He manifested himself AT THE SAME TIME, IN ALL LANGUAGES, TO ALL ETHNIC GROUPS?
What you have is the narrow minded "visions" of God according to ethnic groups, that's why God is just an ethnocentric invention nothing universal or all powerful.....
2007-11-02 10:47:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First tell us exactly what you mean by the word "God" and then give us some evidence that your idea is a plausible one.
Pick one of the several contradictory descriptions out of the bible if you find that the easiest.
2007-11-02 10:42:50 · answer #7 · answered by Y!A-FOOL 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did anyone read the question? She said why must there be a god. It is directed at believers.
I can't answer because I don't think there is a god.
2007-11-02 10:47:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because you exist. Are you God? (omnipotent)? However, your grammar (two negatives equal a possible) indicates that there has to be a god. In that sense, we AGREE. Is that what you really meant? Hopefully, I answered you both ways.
2007-11-02 10:45:49 · answer #9 · answered by gismoII 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the Flying Spaghetti Monster said so...
2007-11-02 10:41:24 · answer #10 · answered by HONORARIUS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋