Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Present your argument for atheism.
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Present arguments for atheism
- Thread starter Desert Snake
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Here's my argument:
I'm not interested in worshiping your god, so I'm not going to worship it/him/her.
That is all. All that matters, at any rate.
I'm not interested in worshiping your god, so I'm not going to worship it/him/her.
That is all. All that matters, at any rate.
The reason for this is unambiguous to us reality based people. There is no God who cares enough about what we humans do or believe to clearly tell us what it is. He expects us to blindly choose from the plethora of humans claiming to speak for Him. Given this unassailable fact of human existence there is no reason to believe that any particular theistic system is any more than humans kidding themselves about how smart and informed they are, including you.
Tom
The undeniable fact that there is no god who cares enough about what we do or believe to tell us clearly what it is.
Tom
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Coming from that side of the fence, atheists don't have the burden to present a negative, theists have the burden to present why they believe.
Why is that?
I've lived as if no gods exist for my entire life and I've never had my expectations violated in a way that would suggest I was wrong.
If this is also true for theists, then the difference between our mental models doesn't add anything to the quality of those models... IOW, gods are irrelevant to what we see, feel and experience.
... and an irrelevant god doesn't mesh up with any god-claim I've ever heard of.
My argument for atheism......
- There's no reason to believe in unverifiable things.
- I've no scripture to memorize or figure out.
- I can....
Sleep in on Sunday.
Draw a picture of Muhammad on Monday.
Feed Ganesh a peanut on Tuesday.
Drink whisky on Wednesday.
Blaspheme on Thursday.
Eat bacon on Friday.
Use an elevator on Saturday.
- There's no reason to believe in unverifiable things.
- I've no scripture to memorize or figure out.
- I can....
Sleep in on Sunday.
Draw a picture of Muhammad on Monday.
Feed Ganesh a peanut on Tuesday.
Drink whisky on Wednesday.
Blaspheme on Thursday.
Eat bacon on Friday.
Use an elevator on Saturday.
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Looncall
Well-Known Member
The situation is like escaping from a bear: I don't have to run faster than the bear, I just have to run faster then you.
If theists cannot present a convincing case for their position, there is no work left for atheists to do.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
Never thought of it like that. I like it, and I'm going to steal it.
Yerda
Veteran Member
If theists could present a convincing case we probably wouldn't be atheists.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Every god-concept is sufficiently explained by human psychology and sociology.
They will be the same as for a-fairism, a-bigfootism, a-leprechaunism, etc. And you know them already, if you do not believe in fairies, etc.
Ciao
- viole
Because non theism is the default world view. This makes many people uncomfortable. But the fact remains that non theism is not making a claim about the nature of God. Theists make such claims.
Tom
I met God and God told me, in no uncertain terms, that God neither exists nor doesn't.
That was good enough for me.
Still, I need to verify your claim.
1) How many digits did God have per hand?
(When 4-digited Homer Simpson met him, he had 5....as does they typical cisfingered human.)
2) Were his fingernails clean & trim?
Neither yes nor no.
