SecularFuture

There is no evidence for a God
There is no reason to believe in a God
Therefore – God does not exist

People believe in God only because they want to, because they have something called faith. Does faith make God real though? No – not at all. Faith is nothing more than an overactive use of the imagination.

A long time ago, when man was unable to rationally explain the world around him using advanced science, technology, and naturalistic methods, he created an irrational God concept to give comforting explanation.

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Phrenetic

Cube unity voids 1 god entity.
4-corners void 1-corner god.
I bet you can't handle Truth.

-timecube.com

SecularFuture

What?

pug846

Sure there is. Amongst other things, we have testimony from millions of people.

Don’t confuse not very convincing evidence with no evidence.

[quote] There is no reason to believe in a God.[quote]

Sure there is. Belief in God helps people fit it. Belief in God gives certain people added meaning to their lives. Belief in God gives certain people a better grip on the world around them and allows them to rationalize certain horrible things that have been done to them or to others.

Don’t confuse not very convincing reasons with no reason at all.

Either way, you can’t prove a negative by your reasoning.

100 years ago, someone could have given this argument:

There is no evidence for Blackholes
There is no reason to believe in Blackholes
Therefore – Blackholes do not exist

SecularFuture

Testimony from a very well written novel.

I’m sorry but there is absolutely NO evidence for God. If there is, I would love for you to post it here.

So – belief in God is nothing more than a trend?

So they are incapable of creating their own meaning and purpose?

So – people only believe in God because it makes them feel good? It doesn’t matter if God exists or not?

Yes – but they weren’t talking about black holes 100 years ago, now were they?

John Galt, Jr.

Secularfuture,

The principle that is the title of this thread, is not generally true. Absence of evidence for living beings on other planets in the universe does not count as reason to believe that there is no life on other planets. In such a case, no evidence for is just that, NO evidence FOR, and no more.

Others can probably think of other examples, but one counter-example is enough to falsify the universal claim.

John Galt, Jr.

SecularFuture

We have reason to believe that life exists.

pug846

Did you even read the entirety of my post?

Not very good evidence still counts as evidence, hence calling it “not very good evidence.”

And reasons, no matter how silly to you, are still reasons.

SecularFuture

Yes I did. Your points were not valid though.

pug846

Okay, let's try for the third time now:

Not very good evidence still counts as evidence, hence calling it “not very good evidence.” Something like testimony from people who have claimed to experience God (or testimony from their holy book) is not very good evidence for the existence of God, however, it is evidence.

And reasons, no matter how silly to you, are still reasons.