(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. I will play the person you believe I am, a "dumb redneck christian" and I will ask you things so you can answer them to me with evidence, of course. First question:
I'm late to the party, but I'll respond nonetheless.
The only claim I am making, is that no theist has ever met their burden of proof for the god or gods they believe exist.
That is the reason for my atheism. I am not making the claim that gods do not exist, therefore, I have no need to present my evidence.
My atheism is entirely a provisional position. It will continue as long as the evidence for the existence of a god remain lacking.
Quote:If God did not create the earth, how is it that we have an earth here and we live in it? Also, I beg, provide evidence for your claims.
Classical "argument from ignorance" fallacy.
Even if we had no evidence based explanation for how the earth here, that does not make your explanation any more likely. And just because you have no idea how the earth got here, does not mean that there are plenty of people, who dedicate their lives to science, who do.
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.