Originally posted by RJHinds
I posted the following on another thread, but it needs repeating
just for your benefit:
"Atheist try to use science in an attempt to prove God is not needed.
They see themselves as wise. But they have an incomplete knowledge
of science, just like the rest of us. So how can they say, truthfully, say
that there is no God. How can you put your faith i However, there is evidence that God
exists and that He is the Creator (Designer and Maker).
“..."Atheist try to use science in an attempt to prove God is not needed. ….”
No, they generally don't. They simply use science and not usually to disprove 'God' is “not needed” in particular. They can simply state “God is not needed (for an explanation) ” and stick with that. When an atheist uses science, just like when a typical theist uses science, he is not normally (if ever) trying to prove or disprove the “need” for 'God' or 'gods' or the spaghetti monster for the same reasons. Normally, when somebody uses science, they are not trying to demonstrate anything about 'God' and are not usually concerned with a god in particular in respect to their current use of science. For example, neither a scientist using knowledge of biochemistry to design a new designer drug nor a person collecting and studying dinosaur bones would be trying to prove or disprove the “need” for 'God' and almost certainly wouldn't even be thinking about 'God' when doing any such work.
“...They see themselves as wise. But they have an incomplete knowledge
of science, just like the rest of us....”
Obviously no atheist claims nor believes that he has “complete” knowledge
of science so what you imply above is simply false.
“.... So how can they say, truthfully, say that there is no God.....”
Occam's razor -the same reason why we believe that we can truthfully say there is no spaghetti monster.
“.... With God you must believe He exist in order for you to put your faith in Him."
with no God, you must believe He doesn't exist in order for you to have no faith in 'Him'. Faith in something that is not
logically required to explain anything is always irrational.
“....I have no evidence that a spaghetti monster exists to believe in ...”
THAT is about the answer to your question -just replace “spaghetti monster” with “God” in the above and you have the reason why atheists do not think there is a god.
“...or any evidence that, even if such a monster existed, it could possible be the
designer or maker of anything. ...”
I find it curious that you implicitly make this point for me -just replace “monster” with “God” in the above and you see the point I am referring to.
“....However, there is evidence that God
exists and that He is the Creator (Designer and Maker). ...”
you have yet to show us any of this “evidence”.