Why do you think God does not Exist? Now, before... or even after... some of you give a smart alick answer, you need to really think about this. I would really be interested in hearing logical and well though out answers.
2007-11-10 02:23:53 · 25 answers · asked by Messenger 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For thoses who want to see some scientific evidence, see my 360 page.
2007-11-10 04:16:00 · update #1
There is also historical evidence that dates back to the early 1st century
2007-11-10 04:17:40 · update #2
"Ben B."
Just because there are Christians that behave badly, that is why you choose to not beleive? There are so-called "Christians" that are not really Christians. But all Christians are Human and are sinners, so they will mess up just like non-Christians.
2007-11-10 04:20:48 · update #3
"fphucual.."
What evidence is there of this tiger you speak of?
2007-11-10 04:22:46 · update #4
"onegaish..."
If you "know" there is no God then that means that you know everything there is to know. This is not possible. Again, think about what you believe!
2007-11-10 04:25:29 · update #5
"To the people that "think" they are Athiests",
See the above comment.
2007-11-10 04:27:30 · update #6
"samadhis..."
If God were to use angles again to come down and sing are if God or Jesus were to come to earth and walk around, people would still not believe. Most of the people in Jesus' day did not believe, even though they saw him and the things he did.
As far as the talking snake and the pregnant girl, if God can create the universe and everything that exists, I think a talking snake and a pregnant girl would not be a problem for Him.
2007-11-10 04:34:43 · update #7
"ethevrga..."
God has not and will not send anybody to Hell. That choice is yours! You choose to not believe, or you choose to believe. There is plenty of evidence out there. Unfortunatly todays society is turning away from God and telling our young people to not believe when the evidence they teach in our schools for how things were created have no real proof. Please look again, because one day everybodys knees will bow before God, not just the Christians!
2007-11-10 04:43:34 · update #8
First, you have to define the term "God." The problem with most theists is that this term is a moving target.
In addition, because there is no evidence either for or against the existence of God, you cannot use deductive logic (a+b=c; therefore c-b=a). You can only reach a conclusion by inductive reasoning using the balance of evidence (90% of A is also B; C is B, so the chances are 90% that C is also A).
So to begin with, I will assert (and others may shoot this down) that the only RELEVANT definition of God states that GOD INTERVENES TO CIRCUMVENT NATURAL LAWS.
If God circumvents natural laws, then it becomes impossible to understand natural laws. All scientific findings would have to include the stipulation, "It is also possible that these results are an act of God, a miracle, thereby making our research meaningless."
However, we have been able to expand our knowledge of natural laws (evidenced by every appliance in your kitchen). Therefore, because the scientific method leads to applicable discoveries, and the likely conclusion is that God, at least the intervening kind, does not exist.
Additionally, if God is defined as all loving, all powerful, and all knowing, then it is impossible to explain suffering. Either God is not all loving (he acts sadistically), not all powerful (he cannot prevent suffering), or not all knowing (he created suffering by mistake because he didn't know the consequences of his actions). A God who is not all-loving, all-powerful or all-knowing is also not sufficient for the definition of God, because any God that fails to meet these criteria becomes bound by rules that are greater than God.
If God is bound by external rules and/or does not intervene in our existence, then God is either non-existent or irrelevant. The classic Bertrand Russell argument is that I cannot prove that a china teapot is orbiting the sun between the earth's orbit and Mars. But while I cannot prove this is not true, the evidence against it is compelling.
The evidence against God is equally compelling, and while it is not possible to prove beyond any doubt, it makes enormously more sense to live your life as if there were no God.
It is more compelling to me that humans have invented God (a) to help people deal with the pain and fear associated with death and loss, and (b) to reflect the thoughts of the ruling powers in a particular time. Humans are always searching for explanations. When none were found, it was the natural inclination to declare that the cause of the unexplained was "God" (or gods). As the faith grew, miracles (coincidences) and laws were ascribed to this Divinity, and an orthodoxy grew up around it.
Now it seems unhelpful to believe in such superstition. The only matters that aid in our ongoing well-being are work, location, health, sustenance, and pure, blind luck.
So that's why I don't believe God exists. And you know what? It's okay if you do believe God exists.
2007-11-10 02:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe in Gods, but not the Christian concept of God.
Why?
Because fundamentalist Christian doctrine says that God is love, but if you look at the actual doctrine, this God is someone who does not give sufficient reason* to anybody for believing in him, and yet demands that belief or threatens them with hell. People who disbelieve in Jesus for honest and valid reasons are given no consideration or second chances after death and are abandoned permanently in hell. That is petty and tyrannical, not loving. So if the Christian God exists, he's a monster and not like what Christians think he is, or else the Christian God as fundamentalists see him just plain doesn't exist. I think it's more reasonable to believe the latter.
* Sure, many fundamentalist Christians will say that God gives people lots of reasons for believing here on earth, but if you look at Christian "proofs" using the *same criteria* as the "proofs" of any other religion and evaluate them all *fairly*, you will see that there is really no more "proof" for one belief system over another. Most Christian "proof" is convincing only to those who already believe for some other reason.
Do the work yourself, and you will see the truth of this.
2007-11-10 02:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by kriosalysia 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually I do believe but I also understand why unbelievers do not.
I do not believe in Space Aliens. There are many people who do believe and many others who say they have been abducted and know first hand. It makes sense that there could be a lot of planets with life on it but for some reason I just don't believe it. I guess if I met an Alien then I would be a believer. I however have daily encounters with GOD through prayer and meditation and his work becomes clearly seen in situations and people. So I believe.
The thing that puzzles me is why anyone would spend time trying to convince others that what they have experienced does not exist. If I was to go to all the UFO places and tell them they are fools for believing, that would make me a self righteous, disrespectful moron. Unless I really believed deep down and was trying to deny it.
Sorry so long†
2007-11-10 02:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Personally, I believe that God DOES exist. But, while I feel strongly about this, I have enough common sense to realize that I have no concrete evidence to offer. I also realize that I, nor anyone else, can prove a negative. (Science 101!) Therefore, I would never ask anyone a question like this. (No disrespect towards you intended.)
2007-11-10 03:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by SINDY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who's word do we have for his existence? if he does exist, why does he only tell us what he wants us to know one person at a time? he supposedly uses angels that sing in the sky when jezus was born and he could not use that same racket to announce his will to the whole planet at once? it is the christian and other reveal religion's version of god i do not believe in.
A religion that teaches absurdities such as a story of a girl living in a magic garden who was given a magic fruit by a talking snake has much to prove when it makes other claims. And it is because of this action, between the girl and talking snake, that your god had an existential melt down and cursed all of creation to die. To make it up to us, he had sex with an unmarried woman who gave birth to him, so that he could sacrifice himself to himself, thereby saving us from himself. Why anyone doesn't believe this is beyond me!
2007-11-10 02:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by samadhisativa 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually I am Pagan but I do believe in a God and a Goddess.
I just happen to believe that the God you follow is Mean. The God I follow is truly loving and a true father figure with his wife at his side. And that is a great difference to me that and the Goddess whom is missing from the christian end of religion is very relevant. Woman are truly relevant to the world. And in my religion I can speak straight to my GODS I don't need a middle man aka priest/ reverend to do it for me.
2007-11-10 02:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by ladygwendlyn2 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is not any perfection in mankind. Mankind lost that perfection with the sins of Adam and Eve. And the reason at the back of those sins and loss of existence became devil the devil. devil the devil nevertheless exists and is nearer to mankind then ever till now. it rather is why there might nicely be no perfection mutually as devil remains ruling this international. yet all of which will quickly end and Jehovah God will make the Earth a captivating Paradise lower back as became his objective for mankind all alongside. Steve
2016-10-02 00:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in a god, but not the Christian God... I find the Christian God to be immature, jealous, egotistical, childish, and down-right cruel. I don't see him as Christians do; this benevolent being who's willing to forgive. If God was so willing to forgive, he'd not worry about people following a different religion that teaches basically the same damn thing.
2007-11-10 02:34:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anuolf 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You say we need to really think about it? I can assure you we have. When YOU really think about it, atheism is the only reasonable conclusion.
You can prove, and it has been proved, that God almost certainly does not exist. And you can prove, and it has been proved, that all religions, especially the three main monotheistic religions, are absolutely false.
Physics says: no god
Biology says: no god
Chemistry says: no god
Astronomy says: no god
Philosophy says: no god
Psychology says: no god
Reason says: no god
Logic says: no god
Evidence says: no god
Common sense says: no god
The universe says: no reason for a god
Fact says: almost finitely certain there is no god
2007-11-10 02:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no empirical evidence to show that ~any~ deity from any belief system is a real entity. If such a day occurs where that empirical evidence comes to light then I will re-evaluate my stance on the existence of those entities.
2007-11-10 02:34:12 · answer #10 · answered by genaddt 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋