The Case for Atheism

[Baalzebutt]

I agree there is no direct physical evidence of God's existence just as for example their is no direct evidence of black holes or other universes. There is no direct evidence anything caused the universe to exist but we infer a cause because the overwhelming majority of things (if indeed not all things) that begin to exist can be traced back to a cause. Even though there is no direct evidence of blackholes (they can't be directly observed or tested) the indirect evidence of their existence is strong enough that the existence of black holes has been established as fact. I don't want to turn this into the case for theism argument...I've already done that. There are facts and evidence (the existence of the universe, the existence of life, the existence of sentient life, the fact that conditions that allowed our existence obtained) that provide a basis for hypothesizing the existence of a Creator who intentionally caused the universe for the purpose of sentient life.

The idea of creating a model (even if only a thought model) is to propose an idea and see how well it dovetails with available evidence if true. Atheism if true means we owe our existence and that of the universe to some non-god non-intelligent non-intended cause that resulted in a universe coming into existence as well as sentient life. If atheism is true (there is no God or Creator) then life came from non-life and sentient life came from non-sentient life and such occured not as a result of plan or intent but minus any plan or intent for it to occur. You say you reject the existence of God due to lack of direct physical evidence God exists. What evidence then leads you to believe that mindless forces without plan or intent caused something totally unlike itself (life and sentience) to exist?

Because that is where science points.

The truth is I don't know how the universe or life came about.

The difference between you and me is that, while I would like to know, I am comfortable with NOT knowing. I don't need to believe in a sky daddy to make me feel like my life has some divine purpose and that the universe was created just for me. I prefer to watch science do its thing and then marvel at the wonderful discoveries we make.

Let me ask you a question. Doesn't it seem odd to you that, of all the things god has been credited with over the past xx thousand years, not one of those things has been confirmed by science?

I mean, the saying goes that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then. Where is gods acorn?