Atheist, do you deny the existence of God simply because you don't have any control over him?

Answer 1

Atheism is, essentially, a negative position. It is not believing in a god, or actively believing there is no God, or choosing to not exercise any belief or non-belief concerning God, etc. Which ever flavor is given to atheism, it is a negative position.

In discussions with atheists, I don't hear any evidence for the validity of atheism. There are no "proofs" that God does not exist in atheist circles; at least, none that I have heard -- especially since you can't prove a negative regarding God's existence. Of course, that isn't to say that atheists haven't attempted to offer some proofs that God does not exist. But their attempted proofs are invariably insufficient. After all, how do you prove there is no God in the universe? How do you prove that in all places and all times, there is no God? You can't. Besides, if there were a proof of Gods non-existence, then atheists would be continually using it. But we don't hear of any such commonly held proof supporting atheism or denying Gods existence. The atheist position is very difficult, if not impossible, to prove since it is an attempt to prove a negative. Therefore, since there are no proofs for atheisms truth and there are no proofs that there is no God, the atheist must hold his position by faith.

"Since atheism cannot be proven and since disproving evidences for God does not prove there is no God, atheists have a position that is intellectually indefensible."Faith, however, is not something atheists like to claim as the basis of adhering to atheism. Therefore, atheists must go on the attack and negate any evidences presented for Gods existence in order to give intellectual credence to their position. If they can create an evidential vacuum in which no theistic argument can survive, their position can be seen as more intellectually viable. It is in the negation of theistic proofs and evidences that atheism brings its self-justification to self-proclaimed life.

There is, however, only one way that atheism is intellectually defensible and that is in the abstract realm of simple possibility. In other words, it may be possible that there is no God. But, stating that something is possible doesn't mean that it is a reality or that it is wise to adopt the position. If I said it is possible that there is an ice cream factory on Jupiter, does that make it intellectually defensible or a position worth adopting merely because it is merely a possibility? Not at all. So, simply claiming a possibility based on nothing more than it being a possible option, no matter how remote, is not sufficient grounds for atheists to claim viability in their atheism. They must come up with more than "It is possible," or "There is no evidence for God," otherwise, there really must be an ice cream factory on Jupiter and the atheist should step up on the band wagon and start defending the position that Jupiterian ice cream exists.

At least we Christians have evidences for God's existence such as fulfilled biblical prophecy, Jesus' resurrection, the Transcendental Argument, the entropy problem, etc.

But there is another problem for atheists. Refuting evidences for Gods existence does not prove atheism true anymore than refuting an eyewitness testimony of a marriage denies the reality of the marriage. Since atheism cannot be proven and since disproving evidences for God does not prove there is no God, atheists have a position that is intellectually indefensible. At best, atheists can only say that there are no convincing evidences for God so far presented. They cannot say there are no evidences for God because the atheist cannot know all evidences that possibly exist in the world. At best, the atheist can only say that the evidence so far presented has been insufficient. This logically means that there could be evidences presented in the future that will suffice. The atheist must acknowledge that there may indeed be a proof that has so far been undiscovered and that the existence of God is possible. This would make the atheist more of an agnostic since at best the atheist can only be skeptical of Gods existence.

This is why atheists need to attack Christianity. It is because Christianity makes very high claims concerning Gods existence which challenges their atheism and pokes holes in their vacuum. They like the vacuum. They like having the universe with only one god in it: themselves.

Answer 2

• I am neither any religion or atheist, but logic to me determines that a GOD does in fact exist and there is proof. This may not be the GOD you know or understand.

God is LOVE ( we'll get to why horrible things are "allowed" to happen later)

I have come to this conclusion because LOVE is an energy that can actually be measured and certainly felt. LOVE at a very high vibration becomes light.

ALL matter in existence is made up of this energy (light) (check ANYTHING under a high powered microscope and you will see atoms etc vibrating at incredible speed). All matter is light slowed down in vibration speed. Everything is made of the same "stuff". Scientists now also say they can trace all matter back to one photon of light - which is LOVE - which is GOD. This is how everything is created.

So where does this never ending energy come from to drive all this vibration? (Scientists now say that there is enough energy in 1 cubic metre to boil all the oceans!)

ALL existence (seen and unseen) is GOD, this never ending energy. Nothing can exist that is not God - that is impossible.

God is all there is - there is nothing else - therefore we must also be God (the same as a rock, the scent of a rose, the wind, a thought, and ALL things are all part of GOD).
Churches tend to teach separation (that God is something and we are something or somebody else), when in fact we are all ONE. There is no separation between GOD and us. There is only ONE.

God is not a "person", but the energy above, that is all forms, and of course can speak and relate with and LOVE you (it created speech).

WE create all there is that is happening everywhere (you may not like this - but its true). Even the "horrible things". Our thoughts are creative energy and each thought goes out into the Universe and form collective "clumps" of beautiful coloured energy, and like clumps "stick" together and eventually create the situation our thoughts have created. For example - If we think "The world is a dangerous place to live" - You are creating that situation. If you think (and say) "The world is a safe place to live" - that will be created (especially if more than one do this. ANYTHING that you think and say creates that situation.
Whatever you pay attention to - is eventually created. Unfortunately this may take years if we are at a low level of consciousness - therefore we believe it is "happening" to us or GOD created it.
Scientists have now confirmed that extremely small particles are created just by focusing pure attention on them - take off our attention and they disappear.

This is a very large subject and cannot be explained properly in just a few words

Answer 3

As a former Agnostic with definite Atheistic leanings, I can say that in many, if not most, cases the atheist feels they have the answers to all or most of lifes questions. It usually begins when they become "educated", often beginning in High School. As they "learn" more they begin to feel superior in some way to others.

Now obviously, this doesn't apply to all, nor am I in any way against education( I have completed a Masters Degree in a technical field and much post graduate work in the sciences). However, as I matured I began to realize that there was definitely something at work in the universe. After much research, I rediscovered the Lord. Do I have all the answers? No I don't, I usually leave that up to the Kids graduating from High School - LOL. Anyway Atheists will continue to deny God because there is "no proof" in their eyes. Perhaps by opening their eyes, they will see the truth!! Merry Christmas.

Answer 4

I take it you are asking this question from a Christian Standpoint. Some Atheist believe in a higher power, just not that that higher power has control over them and what happens here on Earth. A lot of them do not have a problem with God. They just believe diffrently about a lot of stuff in the Bible. Others believe that The church was created as a means to control people, and strike fear.
There are those who loose their faith because they are taught that God helps those who need it and they feel he did not help them when they needed it, so they step away.
Athieism has nothing to do with wanting to control God. For those who truly believe there is no God, why would they want to control something they believe does not exsist?

Answer 5

Actually I would like to correct your statement, if an Atheist had no control over God then how is it possible for an Atheist to deny God seeing how he can't be mistakenly controlled?

Answer 6

You can't deny the existence of something unless it actually exists. I simply understand that some people choose to live their lives and make moral decisions based upon a fairy tale. The bible is kinda like a story by the Brothers Grimm. When you start reading it, it seems kinda nice, but then all the good characters die. Atheism is simply a choice. Dogma is for the spiritually dead, duh!!

Answer 7

I am not an Atheist but I would guess they see no proof that he exists. I don't know where you get the control issue from.

I'm a Deist. I believe in God/intelligent design, but not in any Religion, the Bible or Christianity.

Neither you or I can prove God exists and Atheists can't prove he doesn't.

Answer 8

No. There are plenty of things I don't control, but I don't deny their existence. For example, I don't have control over the sun, but I don't deny it's existence.

Answer 9

There is nothing to control. By that standard we would deny the Sun existed.

Answer 10

No, I don't believe that there are any gods because there is no evidence for them. Think about it this way, do you believe in any other god than your own? If not, why not? If you applied the same reasoning to your god would you believe?

As far as evidence, while a god may need to be taken by faith, any action that it did on this world would leave evidence. As there is none, the conclusion is no gods.

Answer 11

I don't deny the existence of god, I simply reserve judgment on the issue until I see proof one way or the other.