Atheists, if you can't prove that God doesn't exist, shouldn't you believe in him? Or at least be agnostic?

Answer 1

*Cheers*
I guess since no one can claim with 100% certainty (that is verifiable proof) that the deity or deities of their choice exists, we are all agnostic then.

Answer 2

You must familiarize yourself with the terms, a priori, and a posteriori.

A rough and oversimplified explanation is that a priori knowledge is independent of experience, while a posteriori knowledge is dependent on experience.

Science is a posteriori, which means that they do an experiment, and draw conclusions from it.

A priori, is knowledge that can be gained through mere operation of thought.

Now, moving along.

God can be disproved a priori, meaning you don't need actual evidence, just logic and thought.

The bible says that god is omniscient. This means that before he initiated the universe, he knew EVERYTHING that would happen. That also means that, when he eventually created the universe, everything that ever happened, and ever will happen, was deliberate. Everything that happens, he meant to happen. This means that every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also his work. Remember though, that the bible claims that god gives us free will. This cannot be the case.

Furthermore, the supposed god is described as omniscient, omnipotent, totally benevolent, and perfect. These traits contradict each other.

The supposed god could not have been the creator of this world, if he is omniscient and totally benevolent.

Bad things happen all too often. Look at all the unstable countries in the world.

The supposed god, knowing everything, including the future, could not have started the chain of events that led to these, "bad things," and still be totally benevolent.

If he is benevolent, then he is either not omniscient, or not omnipotent. And in either case, he is not perfect.

If he is omnipotent, and omniscient, then he is not benevolent.

The attributes of the supposed god do not add up.

Omniscience + Omnipotence + Benevolence cannot equal our world... A perfect being that knows everything, and has only a desire to do good, cannot have been the cause of anything bad. And since we know for a fact that bad things happen every damn day, we also know that god could Not have been the ultimate cause of everything if he knew that these bad things would happen.

The god of the bible does not exist.

There. See? No proof needed. It is an a priori argument.

Answer 3

By the same token... If you can't prove God does exist, shouldn't you disbelieve in him? or at least be agnostic?

If you ask me we should all be agnostic because we are really and truly all without knowledge, all we have is our own BELIEFS. I can't prove God exists, I can't prove God doesn't exist therefore I admit I do not know and believe what I wish. See there is a difference between KNOWLEDGE and BELIEF, most people confuse the two. I don't know 100% that God/s don't exist, but I believe 100% that they do not.

PS Betty boop.. I am not afraid to make any commitment, I am commited to what I believe but I am just not as arrogant as you are to think that I know everything. I define belief and knowledge seperate from eachother. You in your arrogance classify your belief as knowledge.. such an act is foolish in the extreme as none of us can claim proof undeniable of our beliefs. If you ask me you are nothing more than an arrogant know-it all. Believe what you want just don't claim you know the answers to everything.

Answer 4

Just throwin' this out there -- you can't prove a negative. There is no way to prove that a god does not exist. You can prove that something with the qualities of the Christian god (or whichever god you choose) cannot exist, because the qualities themselves are impossible (i.e., omnipotence), but you can't prove the nonexistence of the entity itself.

The burden of proof lies on the person making the positive assertion. If you believe a god exists, *you* have to prove it. The atheist does not have to prove that the god is not real.

And also you can't force yourself to believe in something. Atheists are not willfully disbelieving in a god -- they cannot believe.

Answer 5

Your question presents a problem. Atheists believe in nothing, theists believe in something.

If an atheist cannot prove that God doesn't exist, then nor can a theist prove that Gos DOES exist- you could ask your exact same question replacing the word atheist with theist.

There is no possible way of proving or disproving the existence of God. Faith is just that- faith.

Answer 6

Christians, if you can't prove that God exists, should you believe in him? Or at least be agnostic?

Answer 7

Christians, if you can't prove that God does exist, shouldn't you not believe in him? Or at least be agnostic?

Answer 8

medical evidence applying a fashion of inquiry which could be in step with accumulating observable, empirical and measurable evidence problem to precise concepts of reasoning. Such evidence is predicted to be top documented in accordance with medical approaches and can be repeated time and time returned applying empirical medical approaches, that's, based on evidence or outcomes that are observable by applying the senses and outcomes could be reproduced by applying others in the technological awareness community and get the same outcomes each and every time. i'm an Agnostic Theist.

Answer 9

There is no logic to believing in something if it cannot be proven to exist. You (probably) wouldn't believe me if I told you that Leprechauns existed and would demand some sort of physical proof before you believed what I told you. The same goes for God - if his/her/its existence could be proven then I would believe. But I do not believe that the existence of God will ever be proven, just like I do not think that Leprechauns will ever be proven to exist. (and a bunch of really old stories plus lots of - in my opinion, misguided - followers does not count as proof).

I will however accept and defend your right to believe in whatever you wish - provided you do not try to force your beliefs on others and that your belief does not harm anyone. And that you respect my right not to believe in God.

Answer 10

Counter argument: do you believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster? If not, can you prove he doesn't exist? If not, shouldn't you believe in him?

The bottom line is that you can't prove a negative, so you base you beliefs on what you CAN'T prove you'd be believing in a lot of nutty things.

Answer 11

Religious people, if you can't prove that God DOES exist, shouldn't you accept that he doesn't exist? Or at least be agnostic?

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The only option that actually works with logic is agnosticism- which basically means "does god exist? who the **** knows!?"