What proof do you have that you don't need proof to believe in things?

Question

And why would I believe you?

Answer 1

The 2.1 billion Christians . . . the 1.4 billion Muslims . . . . the 1 billion Hindus . . .

That's 4.5 billion proofs.

Because you know I'm right.

Okay, okay, alright already. Here's my real 2-cents worth . . .

There are no (absolute) proofs for, or against, the existence of God.

Proof is a tricky word. Many people think that proof establishes something is an absolute fact. That's not often the case; at least, not in the everyday world.

In jurisprudence and science, a reasonable basis for proof is based on solid evidence and the absence of any known contradiction. There's a "reasonable person" standard which defines proof as "beyond a reasonable doubt". The test of time fortifies proofs.

You say there are no unicorns? Prove it. You see? ABSOLUTE proof is an illusion -- especially when trying to prove a negative, such as "There is no God".

However, rephrasing the assertion from "There is no God", to "God is imaginary", makes proof easier, using the "reasonable person" standard. We can't ABSOLUTELY prove it but we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

Consider this . . .

No matter where man has spread, he as created countless gods. From aboriginal Australians to tribal Africans to American Indians to ancient Egyptians . . . they've all created gods prolifically and with ease. That man creates gods is a well-known, indisputable fact.

But what about the opposite? God creating man? We DON'T know that he did. We have no evidence that he did. We have no reason to think that he did. All the evidence points to evolution over the course of billions of years. There's growing evidence that life originated from abiogenesis -- from an electro-chemical reaction in the primordial soup of early Earth.

So, with countless thousands of gods to man's credit, believers are in the untenable position of asserting that all the gods that came before and after theirs are false . . . but their own god (and religion) is real and true. Asserting that one's own god is real, when we know that man created all the others, is ridiculous. It is so unlikely that we can safely consider it delusional.

Man has created countless thousands of gods and YOURS (if you believe) has NO evidence. That, my friend, makes God's existence dubious, at best. The likeliest truth is that God is imaginary and faith in him is, therefor, misplaced. Based upon the preponderance of evidence, the assertion that "God is imaginary" meets the reasonable person standard for proof and has withstood the test of time for thousands of years.


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Answer 2

Proof? The essence and meaning of believing: believing has no need of proof.
Why believe me? You don't have to. You're free to believe what you want to believe.
Now, tell me:
1. Why the hell should we be trying to answer your circular, begging-the-question question?
2. What proof do you have that you have to believe in what you want to believe?
3. And why would I believe you?

Answer 3

the proof that scientists claim to much stuff that later is disproved the proof that everything is subjective the proof that proof proves almost nothing the proof of wheres the missing link the proof of inconclusive

Oh yeah and my reason for believing is it will do me no harm cause it works with what I believe anyway and for the stuff I don't I hope the Boss forgives me like he did David

but my question to you is what benefit do you get from disbelief

Answer 4

Just like what tropical said, its a matter of faith.. You don't have to believe what I believe. You just have to believe on what you believe. My answer to that question of proof is the same proof that you believe on what you thought. It’s kind of confusing. Moreover at times we believe on things because of despair. At times it’s brought about by the person that surrounds us that we are influenced to believe on certain things. Other than that, experience and observation can serve as a proof that I must believe on certain things.

Answer 5

I suppose I do need proof to know something. Because God gave me the proof. You might mean that you don't have any proof. But if you don't have any proof, that only means that God didn't give you any proof. It does not mean that there is no one with proof, only you don't have any proof along with those who say the same things you are saying.

So, why don't you have any proof? I have proof, God gave me the proof.

Answer 6

We carry on life without requiring proof for belief in small things,otherwise we go mad .
But when we are after truth,then proof is a must .

Answer 7

If you can't disprove it then it's mighty fine for me if I want to believe it or not. People have always challenged real proof, so in my humble opinion, If the challenged proof is not challenged i.e. explained logically, then its probably best to leave them.

Answer 8

If you choreograph every aspect of your life to such a degree as to kill the wonder, spontaneity, discovery, joy, mystery, then, ironically, you become a robot - bereft of any human emotion, experience, possibility and relationship.

Orchestrate your mind just to process formulae and you will die an old, ugly, lonely man begging strangers on the street for cigarettes.

Answer 9

It is not a matter of proof, it is a matter of faith...if you have true faith, proof will come....

You should believe me because I am right....

Answer 10

hmmmm? Was this suppose to make any logical sense? If so what proof do you have that it ever was suppose to.

To the person above me, the Kaczynski polic sketch as an avatar kinda ruins your credibilty on reasonable thinking, he lost it.