Atheists: Do you accept the possibility of higher beings or reject them because there is no direct evidence?

Answer 1

I accept the possibility of unicorns existing. I assign it about the same probability as a "higher being" existing.

Answer 2

Well first you'd have to define, "higher being". I won't reject anything I haven't heard about. But on the other hand, it would be wrong to say that unless I know everything, I know nothing.

I do reject the doctrine of an Abrahamic God, not so much because of a lack of direct evidence (although that's part of it), but because the argument for that higher being doesn't seem cogent.

If there were another argument, I would consider it. I accept certain deistic arguments, although I think use of the word "God" for such an abstraction is reckless.

Answer 3

Agnostics accept the possibility.

As an Atheist I reject a Higher Being.....because it's not logical.

Answer 4

Well, anything is possible, so I'm apt to be as open as I can to new ideas. As they say, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Then again, that's a terrible argument as there are many things so obviously false that they cannot be taken as serious. Unicorns? No.

So, I believe that a higher power may exist, but it probably doesn't. Regardless, I believe that people should live their lives as they want.

Answer 5

I reject "higher beings" based on a total lack of evidence, as well as the simple fact that the concept can be directly traced to human imagination

Answer 6

There is no evidence direct or otherwise,so yes that is the main reason I do not believe in the existence of any higher beings.

Answer 7

I do not believe in higher beings as the conclusions drawn for their existance are illogical and circular. Evidence of higher beings is impossible as how would we recognize a higher being and not simply a more technologically advanced being.

Answer 8

Aside from the utter lack of evidence; as our understanding of the human psyche goes, we know for a FACT that humans can invent gods, we know for a FACT that we do this to explain mysterious events like nature and that we have a habit of personifying inanimate objects and nature (ie.thunder=Thor, wars= Aries), and we also know for a FACT that local folklores can evolve into full blown religions, as they did in ancient times.

Look up something called 'the cargo cult', it will give you a perfect perspective on religion.

Answer 9

Accept the possibility, but don't actually believe.

(I also accept the possibility of pegasi and little green aliens. Though I think the probability of either of those is higher than most religion's definitions of god(s).)

Answer 10

I acknowledge the possibility exists, simply because it is impossible to disprove. However, due to the total lack of verifiable evidence, I see no reason to believe or even to sit on the fence about it.