How can you be sure that God doesn't exist?

[randomguy123]

Hi,
 
 I am a new member here.
 I made this account, largely for one simple purpose, which was to find out why you believe in what you believe.
 It is not so much a quest to change you or 'convert' you, but rather to find out your beliefs and motivations. I just want to know the background you are coming  from ...

 As for my own identity, I am of Jewish faith, and was an ex-atheist ... So, you can get an idea about my own background.

 Why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
 How can you be sure that God's existence is not real, for certain?
 Humanity has still not uncovered a great deal about our own existence, or what's on the other side of the universe.
 
 If anything, one can only be agnostic, rather than an atheist.
 The logic I am going by is that atheism states that only hard evidence should be used to prove or disprove something; that is after all, the scientific way. Given that there is no evidence to prove or disprove God, you can only be agnostic rather than an atheist.
 For those who don't know what an agnostic is, agnostics are neutral towards the idea; they don't know if God exists or doesn't, and so are open to both possibilites, but conclude that at a human level, is impossible to know the truth.
 
 So anyway, I would like to know why you believe that God doesn't exist?

 
 
 Thank you ...
 Sincerely,
 
 - RandomGuy123

[Brian37]

How can you be sure that Allah does not exist?

How can you be sure Vishnu does not exist?

How can you be sure Yahweh does not exist?

How can you be sure Apollo does not exist?

How can you be sure Yoda does not exist?

[Chad32]

There are a fuckton of mythological creatures Humans have thought up over time. I don't have the time or energy to research their existence to the point of 100% certainty that they do not exist. This includes a litany of deities, as well as lesser creatures. The sane response to all of this is to assume they don't exist until proven otherwise. The fact that we're still having discussions like this regarding any god is evidence that no one has proven he exists yet.

[zebo-the-fat]

I see zero testable evidence for any gods. If I see the evidence then a god must exist, so for I see none.
Why would anyone believe in something just because everyone else does, you need to be able to think for yourself and look at the evidence.

[Deesse23]

you can only be agnostic rather than an atheist.

I consider myself to be an agnostic atheist.

[The Valkyrie]

Agnostic atheist.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I don't need to be 'sure that God doesn't exist' in order to be an atheist.  All that is required is that there be no good reason to suppose that he does.

Boru

[The Valkyrie]

Atheism isn’t a claim that gods don’t exist.

It is a rejection of theistic claims, however.

I’m not going to claim that there are no gods, nor am I going to accept the claims of people who say there are and that these gods speak through them, or the claims of books that show that the authors had little or no understanding of how the world works.

If a deity wants me to believe in it then it can come and introduce itself in person.

Notice I said “believe” and not “worship”

[Brian37]

Atheism isn’t a claim that gods don’t exist.

It is a rejection of theistic claims, however.

I’m not going to claim that there are no gods, nor am I going to accept the claims of people who say there are and that these gods speak through them, or the claims of books that show that the authors had little or no understanding of how the world works.

If a deity wabts me to believe in it then it can come and introduce itself in person.

Notice I said “believe” and not “worship”

I hate the suffix of any "ism" being attached any position.

All an an "ism" means is that the person believing it claims it.

[Peebothuhlu]

Hello!

I simply don't know if any diety exists.

So far I see nothing to indicate the prescence/existance of such.

You can't "Reason" things into existance any more than one can push clouds with their minds.

Cheers!