(May 3, 2016 at 4:51 am)Wryetui Wrote: I am starting this post because, so far, no atheist ever showed me evidence for their beliefs (or as you say, "lack of beliefs") and I am curious.[...]
Why would I need evidence of non-existence of an entity, which has been proposed without any evidence?
Did you ask your parents for evidence, when they finally admitted, that Santa Claus was made-up? And what kind of evidence would be sufficient? Just because your parents bought your presents and they didn't believe in Santa Claus, it doesn't mean he doesn't exist. You - and your family - might not have been worthy of Santa's time, or perhaps your idea of what he's responsible for was wrong. Or maybe you lived in stubborn denial of Santa's presence, due to your pride and lack of faith?
You can't logically disprove the existence of anything - especially vaguely and inconsistently defined beings, that are supposed to be exempt from the laws of physics. But just as I don't need to justify my disbelief in unicorns, gnomes, goblins, poltergeists, imps, gremlins, griffins, wizards, golems, fairies, pixies, vampires, were-wolves, zombies, alien visitors and countless other mythical beings, only known from stories and never from evidence - in the exact same way I don't need to prove that every single god proposed by every one of the thousands of religions is a fantasy.
There isn't enough time in the world to debunk every bullsh*t claim ignorant/stupid/dishonest people make. And how are your particular religion's/denomination's unsubstantiated claims any different from all the other nonsense?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
