Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[Runa216]

WolfpackN64 said:

Runa216 said:
I do not believe in God because no evidence points towards the existence of a God. Any example of philosophy or hypotheses that lead toward the existence of a god use far too much conjecture to respect.

1 - Exist
2 - Wonder why we exist
3 - ????
4 - God must have done it!

Sorry, that's not a compelling argument.

There may very well be a divine creator out there that we cannot disprove, but that's not the same as having evidence to support God's existence. Lack of Disproof is not the same as proof. Having unanswered questions doesn't mean you can just make up an answer and hope it sticks because it sounds about right. That's not logical, that's not scientific, that's not reasonable, and that's not good form in a debate.

Believe what you want, but don't be aggressive about it just because I don't find your evidence near compelling enough to convince me. don't act like I'm the bad guy because I have higher standards of proof than you do.

The burden of proof is on theists, and in thousands of years they have failed to make a compelling argument beyond appealing to the majority. (Which is a logical fallacy) or appealing to authority (Also a logical fallacy). Atheists generally don't claim 'there is no god', (even though they sometimes do say that to counter theists), but have collectively said, "there is no evidence for a god therefore I have no reason to believe in one."

So no. I highly doubt there is such a thing as God. Occams razor suggests that, all other factors being equal, the solution that makes the fewest assumptions is correct. I believe it makes more sense that we just don't know and people made God up than if a divine creator just happened to exist but do nothing to prove his worth, that only one of the thousands of variations on the thousands of religions just on our planet is right, and that the people of 2000 years ago were miraculously smarter and better at sussing out bullshit than we are now.

Give me compelling evidence beyond just 'we don't know so I guess it must be' and I'll consider god as a possiblity. Until then, I'll put him up there with dragons and gryphons and faeries and all manner of fantasy creatures in the realm of mythology. where he belongs.

Did you even read any argument to God's existance, or did you just conjure up an image of what such an argument is like in your head and debunk that instead?

I am quite adamant about avoiding logical fallacies so I have no interest in attacking your strawman.

In regards to having read your responses, yes I did. I've also been debating theology for the majority of my life. Your arguments were not compelling and I'm not going to apologize for that. In my 30 years on this earth the closest anyone has ever come to supporting the existence of God is that so many cultures come to create similar religions with similar elements. Then, after a little digging, you find that the reason all of these religions are so similar is that they are inspired by one another and mutated from there - ironically just like evolution. 

So yes, I read many of your responses and I concur with Pemalite and SpokenTruth and a few others on here: you've not presented a compelling argument to back your case. And no, it's not just because I disagree with you; the arguments are weak and predicated on too many assumptions with no scientific evidence to back it up.