How can God not exist?

Tell me your arguments that he does exist first.

Peace.

Because I believe that I can do as I chose. If any being can know the future...then I dont, so I don't believe in the general concept of god as an all powerful being.

I guess the general idea is that He lets bad things happen. Not my idea, just the general idea. I LOVE GOD! hhahaha, as if that's a big secret. You know, I think God likes this blog site. Just thought I'd say that. Carry on.

Trinitie

I like how the priest in the movie "Rudy" put it...

"In all my years there are two truths that I know for sure: There is a God, and I'm not Him." (paraphrased)

Excellent quote, One Man. The reason bad things happen is because of free will. It's our fault, not God's, and if he fixed it then our existance would be meaningless. That also ties in with the future: the future is predetermined, but since we don't know our future, it might as well not be. Whatever I type was already preordained, but since I didn't know what my destiny was to type, there's no practical difference between reality and true free will. Those of a philosophical mind will understand what I mean... those who are not... sorry.

~Dan

When I was an atheist (I'm an agnostic now, so I technically don't believe in God still but I sit on the fence), I didn't believe in God because I was an angry child who hated the world. I don't want to make any outrageous assumptions, but I bet that most atheists are atheists because of the same reasons and not any intelligent reasons.

It may be hard to understand, if you havent been brought up Christian, but think of how the world was created, or any question that science or whatever study has never been able to answer. Place God into that missing piece of the puzzle, and eveyrhting fits together so nicely. I love science, absolutely adore it. Ask me a scientific question, and I will answer it. Ill ask you a couple of questions, such as: Why does Hydrogen, so critical to our light source and to ourselves, became larger when condensing into a solid? I cannot prove to you that God exists, you can only do that for yourself. I encourage you to ask questions.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Why does Hydrogen, so critical to our light source and to ourselves, became larger when condensing into a solid?

It doesn't. Solid hydrogen is denser than liquid hydrogen. Water expands upon freezing, though.

Place God into that missing piece of the puzzle

So far, God has not been a required element of any scientific theory or principle.

God is a mental construct which has no relevance in my life. Therefore, God does not exist.

Saying 1 + 1 = 0 may be easy, but that does not make it true.

God does not exist in my opinion today but on other days I feel he may exist, does anyone else feel this way?

One question that always bothers me is if God exists then who made God and which chap was running the show before he came along?

You can’t negate negation so how can being be?

~Shih-Shu, "The Clouds Should Know Me By Now"

"One question that always bothers me is if God exists then who made God and which chap was running the show before he came along?"

I know, it's crazy. But, there are things we don't/won't understand in this life, but need to accept all the same.

But, there are things we don't/won't understand in this life, but need to accept all the same.

Why? I am not content to shrug and say, "I guess that's just how it is." Just because you have no sense of curiosity and healthy skepticism doesn't mean the rest of us should be content to accept a myth, one that you just admitted is "crazy."

God does not exist in my opinion today but on other days I feel he may exist, does anyone else feel this way?

I feel this way too, Pete. Or more specifically, sometimes I believe in a higher Being, and sometimes I can't even fathom the idea. I'm very perplexed on the whole Christianity/Bible deal, but have conflicting views on the thoughts of Native spirituality. I'm not denying that either can exist, but rebel heartily against the idea that any one religion has Supreme Power over the other. I don't know if I need hardcore evidence to believe in any one faith, but for now, it's the the only thing that would settle the debate in my eyes.

The tricky thing here is... what could be considered hardcore evidence anyway? I'm more accepting of science finding an explanation over religious convictions and miracles... I don't know what it would take. What about you?

"Why? I am not content to shrug and say, "I guess that's just how it is." Just because you have no sense of curiosity and healthy skepticism doesn't mean the rest of us should be content to accept a myth, one that you just admitted is "crazy.""

I resent your comment. I think I have a healthy sense of curiousity and healthy skepticism, but that doesn't mean I can't accept things the way they are. I admitted that it's crazy simply because it is crazy to think about... not crazy in and of itself. There are some things that our minds can't quite fathom. It's almost like we're not programmed to understand them.

You know what another crazy thought is, is trying to think up a new color. It's completely and utterly impossible, but it seems as though we should be able to have more colors.

that doesn't mean I can't accept things the way they are

I didn't say it's wrong to accept things as they are; I mean, gravity pulls things down. There's nothing I can do about that. I have to live with that and deal with that. But that doesn't mean I can't wonder why or how.

There are some things that our minds can't quite fathom.

I don't believe that.

It's almost like we're not programmed to understand them.

I think that we can understand anything with enough time, patience, thought, and effort (and NSF funding...).

You know what another crazy thought is, is trying to think up a new color. It's completely and utterly impossible, but it seems as though we should be able to have more colors.

If you understood the scientific basis for the origin of color, you would understand why there can be no more colors.

"There are some things that our minds can't quite fathom."

"I don't believe that."

Would you care to explain to me, quite clearly, how the human race came into existence, how the earth was formed? Or haven't you spent enough time, had enough patience, and put enough thought and effort into it to know?

Would you care to explain to me, quite clearly, how the human race came into existence, how the earth was formed? Or haven't you spent enough time, had enough patience, and put enough thought and effort into it to know?

I didn't say that I know everything or that the human race collectively knows everything; I just don't think there is anything that is intrinsically, fundamentally "unknowable."

The Solar System formed from the gravitational collapse of a nebula. The Earth in particular is one agglomeration of many that resulted from irregularities in the density of the protostellar disk. The human race, like all species (except the first), came into existence after billions of years of evolution via natural selection.

As for anything else that we don't already understand, yes, it's purely the result of not enough time, patience, thought, and effort contributed as of yet.

Bulbous, please explain to me how the Big Bang reached the exact critical mass needed to create a universe without going to high or to low. I believe Hawking said that if the critical mass was some extremely small number different we wouldn't be alive. Did anyone else see that?