tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246598919499676380.post2103383597024886848..comments2023-06-01T06:19:21.059-07:00Comments on Joanne Utke: The Illogicity of AtheismJoanne Utkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05724532965450942655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246598919499676380.post-90179409219001204352016-09-18T12:20:35.268-07:002016-09-18T12:20:35.268-07:00You are confusing belief and understanding. When I...You are confusing belief and understanding. When I leave the house, I understand why it is probably safe, or not, based on my knowledge of the conditions outside and reasonable expectations about the future. If, based on that, I feel it is unsafe, I don't go out. <br /><br />You seem to have a misconception about atheism. Atheism is simply and only the non acceptance of claims made by some people about the nature of the universe; specifically, that there exists an omniscient and omnipresent being responsible for the creation of the universe and that this being is involved with the everyday affairs of human beings. That's all. To describe someone as an atheist is to say only that about them.Joe Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570200563944968953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246598919499676380.post-61347125884905174842016-09-18T12:12:17.255-07:002016-09-18T12:12:17.255-07:00Your arguments are indeed simple, but I am afraid ...Your arguments are indeed simple, but I am afraid that they hold no water whatsoever. <br />Both of your arguments begin with the assumption of the existence of God; an assumption which you offer no evidence for.<br /><br />Let's go on to the arguments. You claim that in order for one to know that God doesn't exist one must be as God. If this were true, then one would also have to be as God to know that he does. Also, the premise that something exists because it cannot be proven that it doesn't is an extremely weak one. By your reasoning I can say that there is a teapot in orbit around the sun somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. It is all but impossible for you to prove that there isn't. Is that real evidence that there is indeed a teapot in orbit?<br />Your second argument, again presupposes the existence of God, which is what you are trying to prove. You can't prove something exists by first assuming that it does. Also, you presuppose that God is "absolute truth." You offer no evidence or support for that claim. You also offer no description of what "absolute truth" might be.<br /><br />So I offer a polite "sorry, but you haven't proved anything here."Joe Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570200563944968953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246598919499676380.post-60514312187666235852015-11-17T22:37:54.342-08:002015-11-17T22:37:54.342-08:00I understand that saying that an Atheist is someon...I understand that saying that an Atheist is someone who believes that there is no God can be viewed as incorrect. An Atheist is someone who disbelieves in God. I agree with that but what Atheists fail to see is that human beings are never without belief. To disbelieve in God is to believe that he does not exist. Atheists believe all kinds of things, they just choose not to look at it that way in reference to God. When you the atheist leaves your house every morning to go to work you believe it is safe to do so, you don't simply disbelieve in the possible dangers of it. You believe that when you go out to eat that the food isn't poisoned because you trust the person giving it to you when in reality you don't really know it's not. You don't simply disbelieve in being poisoned. The point is when it comes to everything else Atheists live by belief in something, not only disbelief. It goes hand in hand. You can't have disbelief in something without belief in something else. Atheists aren't being honest with their self or how the human race works.Joanne Utkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724532965450942655noreply@blogger.com