RE: Atheism vs. God's Existence
May 17, 2016 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2016 at 7:11 pm by Simon Moon.)
This question comes up a lot on atheist forums.
First of all, which god or gods are your referring to?
My reasons for being an atheist is, that no theist has ever been able to support their claims that a god exists. All I require to believe a god exists, is to be convinced. What will convince me, is demonstrable and falsifiable evidence, reasoned argument, and valid and sound logic.
My atheism is a provisional position, not a dogmatic one.
Ancient texts, anecdotal evidence, personal experiences, philosophical arguments (Kalam, ontological, teleological, etc are all flawed), etc are not good evidence.
First of all, which god or gods are your referring to?
My reasons for being an atheist is, that no theist has ever been able to support their claims that a god exists. All I require to believe a god exists, is to be convinced. What will convince me, is demonstrable and falsifiable evidence, reasoned argument, and valid and sound logic.
My atheism is a provisional position, not a dogmatic one.
Ancient texts, anecdotal evidence, personal experiences, philosophical arguments (Kalam, ontological, teleological, etc are all flawed), etc are not good evidence.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.