Originally posted by DanthemarioWrong forum. This question belongs in Superstitions (Formally entitled 'Spirituality'😉. If you place it in the correct forum, your question will get careful attention and, I suspect, a severe drubbing.
Here's a question for all the atheist on this site. If there is no God how do you explain air, and life?
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Originally posted by DanthemarioYes, this should be in Spirituality.
Here's a question for all the atheist on this site. If there is no God how do you explain air, and life?
What do you mean, how do I explain air? You mean in it's specific composition? It's simply how matter arranged itself according to the laws of chemistry and physics on Earth. Now if you ask where those laws came from, I don't know. If you use God to explain where they came from, where did God come from?
Life is basically the same, though I wrote up a more detailed answer here:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=20290
I can copy paste it here if you want.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungHe was created by people.
Yes, this should be in Spirituality.
What do you mean, how do I explain air? You mean in it's specific composition? It's simply how matter arranged itself according to the laws of chemistry and physics on Earth. Now if you ask where those laws came from, I don't know. If you use God to explain where they came from, where did God come from?
Originally posted by rwingettAtheist: one who believes that there is no deity.
Knowledgable atheists very strongly suspect there is no god. We do not claim to "know" there is no god.
I'll settle for Websters.
I'm new in this belief.. it really does bring clarity and openmindedness by not being hampered by other peoples enforce views.
Originally posted by Tirau DanAtheists do not believe in a deity. That is not the same thing as believing there is no deity. Atheism is not a belief, it is the lack of belief.
Atheist: one who believes that there is no deity.
I'll settle for Websters.
I'm new in this belief.. it really does bring clarity and openmindedness by not being hampered by other peoples enforce views.
Originally posted by rwingettSpeak for yourself. The complete lack of evidence for the existence of an omnimax deity coupled with the evidence against the existence of such a deity suffices for the belief that there is no such deity to be justified. If you're going to be an atheist, why not be a take no prisoners, ass-kicking atheist?
Knowledgable atheists very strongly suspect there is no god. We do not claim to "know" there is no god.
Originally posted by bbarrAs fun as that may sound, it opens you up to having to share the burden of proof with the theist. Plus, even though you can demonstrate that the much vaunted "omnivax" deity is a logically contradictory concept, you can't prove that there are no gods of any type. Demonstrating that a belief is not justified does not prove it to be false.
Speak for yourself. The complete lack of evidence for the existence of an omnimax deity coupled with the evidence against the existence of such a deity suffices for the belief that there is no such deity to be justified. If you're going to be an atheist, why not be a take no prisoners, ass-kicking atheist?
I think I'm pretty strident on many issues (such as my utter contempt for creationists), but claiming to know that there is no god is one claim I am very careful never to make.