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What type of atheist are you?

leroy

Well-Known Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.

4, god doesn't exist
 

Left Coast

This Is Water
Staff member
Premium Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.

Depends on the god in question. Which did you have in mind?
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God
There is a lot more evidence for Santa Clause; who do you think brings my grand children's presents on 25th December?
Who is that man I am going to see in Bury on a steam train?

2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…
Again, there are good arguments for the existence of aliens. The universe is unbelievably vast and we no very little about 99.99999999....% of it.
What are the chances that somewhere within that vast universe there will be another life form? Pretyy good I'd say.


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.
An asteroid collision is the best explanation for the fairly sudden extinction of the dinosaur, there is good evidence for it (Haven't they found what they this is the likely crater??) What arguments against it are there?
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.

I'd say number three first since believing god is subjective and what works better depends on the person who wants to devote their life to that belief.

I'm on a toss up with three and the first because I agree that there are positive reasons to not believe in god just as there are negative reasons and vis versa. It may be one but I don't compare belief in god to santa claus, aliens, and astroids. Each has their place.
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.
Where is, you first need a God to prove there is a God?
 

osgart

Nothing my eye, Something for sure
4) God doesn't exist. There's no evidence of omnipotent behaviour in the universe. Anything that happens here happens naturally.

I do believe that existence has properties of mind. Its far less than a God though!
 

leroy

Well-Known Member
There is a lot more evidence for Santa Clause; who do you think brings my grand children's presents on 25th December?
Who is that man I am going to see in Bury on a steam train?

Parents are the cause of those presents…


There are good positive reason to think that Parents are a better explanation than santaclause………………….do you have good positive reasons to think that God is not the best explanation for say the origin of the universe? Do you have a better explanation in mind?






Again, there are good arguments for the existence of aliens. The universe is unbelievably vast and we no very little about 99.99999999....% of it.
What are the chances that somewhere within that vast universe there will be another life form? Pretyy good I'd say.

I don’t know … what are the chances? Do you have the math?

Would you assert that the existence of Aliens is more probable than the existence of God?......

Prediction: you won’t answer with a simple yes or a simple no.



An asteroid collision is the best explanation for the fairly sudden extinction of the dinosaur, there is good evidence for it (Haven't they found what they this is the likely crater??) What arguments against it are there?

..from wikipedia

Although the concurrence of the end-Cretaceous extinctions with the Chicxulub asteroid impact strongly supports the impact hypothesis, some scientists continue to support other contributing causes: volcanic eruptions, climate change, sea level change, and other impact events. The end-Cretaceous event is the only mass extinction known to be associated with an impact, and other large impacts, such as the Manicouagan Reservoir impact, do not coincide with any noticeable extinction events

the asteroid hypothesis has some problems............it has some strog points and some weak points
 

leroy

Well-Known Member
Aren't there a lot of Gods and Godesses credited with that?
I am only aware of 3 or 4 Gods with that attribute…… but sure, for the sake of this thread with God I simply mean a creator of the universe…. With universe I mean “all space-time and everything in it.”
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Parents are the cause of those presents…


There are good positive reason to think that Parents are a better explanation than santaclause………………….do you have good positive reasons to think that God is not the best explanation for say the origin of the universe? Do you have a better explanation in mind?

So who is the man in the red suit on the steam train I've booked to see in early December?

Who eats the mince pies and why is the carrot gone every Xmas morning?

I don't know is the only answer for the origin of the universe.
Do you have an explanation for the origin of god? (btw I do)


I don’t know … what are the chances? Do you have the math?

Would you assert that the existence of Aliens is more probable than the existence of God?......

Prediction: you won’t answer with a simple yes or a simple no.

Yes

the asteroid hypothesis has some problems............it has some strog points and some weak points
But you can't give me any of the weak points ??
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
What type of atheist are you?

Which of these 3 alternatives better describes your view?

1) God is like Santa Clause: there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of Santa Clause, Analogous to there are good positive reasons to reject the existence of God


2) God is like Aliens: There are no good and conclusive arguments for or against the existence of Aliens. Let’s simply avoid/hold belief in Aliens until good evidence is presented….. Analogous to there is no strong evidence for nor against God I will hold my belif in good until someone presents evidence…


3) God is like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs: there are good arguments for the asteroid theory and good arguments against the asteroid theory … you simply belive that the argumetns against are stronger…… Analogous to there are good arguments for and against God, the arguments against are better.
You have posted this in the Science and Religion section.

What has any of this to do with science?
 
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