RE: Why are atheist...atheist?
July 13, 2011 at 6:41 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2011 at 6:44 pm by Alastor.)
This should be interesting since you are actually the first person to respond who this thread actually applies too, despite how weary I am of this thread now. However, an atheist is general not you. But still...one more go of it I suppose...
thebigfudge Wrote:Human history.-There have been an untold number of Gods in the past. each with their own origin, miracles, rules and regulations. each with their own promises of salvation/damnation/reincarnation
You mean the history of opinions concerning God's character? This has nothing to actually do with the possibility that a Creator exist or not.
thebigfudge Wrote:The lack of any evidence whatsoever.-all there is, is unprovable philosophical arguments based on nothing but exploitation of gaps in human understanding and circular reasoning
We cannot say there is a lack of evidence, but rather a lack of ability to discern evidence from non-evidence from the esoteric nature of a Creator should one exist. You cannot assert anything from this other than "I don't know."
thebigfudge Wrote:Almost everything that was accounted to God has been found to be entirely naturalistic - Evolution,, morals, emotions, altruism ( the origin of matter and our universe seems to be the last stronghold left for God to hide in)
You mean people's opinion on the subject turned out not to be facts? This in no way gives anyone reasonable cause to assert God, or a Creator, does not exist. There is only reasonable cause to assert that humans are very superstitious. You are making assumptions about such a possible Creator based on other peoples opinions of one, which, as I said, is no different from religious people.
thebigfudge Wrote:That is a few of the reasons Why I can assert that there is no God. The greatest thing you can do to convince me otherwise is prove it. Give me evidence. In fact speak to God. Ask him to show himself to the world. if he appeared to everyone in the planet at once I doubt there would be many Atheists left.
Your obvious problem is that you have already formed your own opinion about the nature of an existential God and assert that God does not exist based on your opinion of him. This is similar to religious people who would form their own opinion about him and then assert he exist based on that opinion. However, neither party actually understands God, therefore any assertion based on an assumption about him is inherently an assertion without reasonable cause. As I've said, ignorance is pretending you know what you do not know.