It's
always, “I'm an atheist because I don't believe what those other
people believe.”
This
is odd coming from those who say they never believe anything unless
it's been scientifically proven. Perhaps that's why atheists have
repeatedly revised the definition of the term, atheist. It's gone
from:
“God
does not exist, TO
God
probably doesn't exist, TO
I
don't believe in God, TO
I'm
a non believer in gods.”
Atheists
have chosen this last definition because a “non belief” doesn't
require evidence. Materialists think that this gets them off the hook for
holding a belief that does require supporting evidence. You
see, atheists may fancy themselves as someone who is just a
non believer in gods, but they DO believe this is a material universe
only. And since that's what they DO believe, wouldn't you think, as
logical, rational people, they'd want some evidence for that?
If
they really were
logical and rational, those who claim to be scientifically based
thinkers would instead be saying something like:
. I
don't believe that material things can begin to exist without an
external cause because this has never been observed, tested or
verified.
. I
don't believe that everything material can come from literally
nothing material without a material cause, because this has never
been observed, tested or verified.
. I
don't believe that an infinite regress of cause is tenable, because
this has been scientifically refuted.
. I
don't believe that the material infinite is tenable, because this has
been scientifically refuted.
.
I'm not going to change the definition of nothing to mean there was
actually something because this is a ludicrous, absurd, illogical and
an irrationally desperate thing to do.
BUT
give me one example of these things occurring and I'll start
believing that this is a material universe only, i.e. I'll start
being an atheist.
Until
then, I must believe that a Creator of some sort is the most logical
explanation of why there is something rather than nothing. In fact
until the above scientific facts are overturned, I'll accept that the
existence of a mathematically precise, life supporting, moral
universe is best explained by the existence of an immaterial Creator."
For
some reason, and I'm not sure why, those who consider themselves to
be the most logical and rational among us expend great amounts of
time and energy explaining that they don't believe in an immaterial
God because there is no material evidence for Him, other than the
existence of, you know, everything.
My
question to the atheist is, “Why do you care what other people
believe?” Why do you spend so much time trying to take apart the
beliefs that other people possess in an entity you “never even
think about?” Wouldn't you be far better off trying to find
scientific evidence to support what you do believe,
rather than ignoring the science that refutes your beliefs?
Any statement of non belief in God must fail
ReplyDeletesince to know for certainty there is no God one would have to possess infinite awareness and all knowledge in the universe. In which case one would be omniscient and would be God.
Or put another way: "To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, "I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge" --Ravi Zacharias
We cannot empirically prove that God exists but we know it is not provable that God does not exist either and yet atheists speak as if they have powerful evidence to support that belief, but there is none. The exercise of great faith in the evolutionary myth is also required, because there is no evidence for molecules to man evolution that stands up to scrutiny. But now we are really missing the most important point here.
As Blaise Pascal suggests (Blaise Pascal: An Apologist for Our Times), examining evidence alone is not always enough. Faith is the knowledge of the heart that only God gives. "It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason," says Pascal. "That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason." "By faith we know he exists," he says. "Faith is different from proof. One is human and the other a gift of God. . . . This is the faith that God himself puts into our hearts. . . ." Pascal continues, "We shall never believe with an effective belief and faith unless God inclines our hearts. Then we shall believe as soon as he inclines them."
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