Has atheism been proved?

[SeattleUte]

Unbelief is a gift.

[Utah ma'am am I]

Unbelief is a gift.

How can you say that? A gift is something that needs to be nurtured or you lose it. Unbelief takes no effort.

[Chadillac]

My reasons for believing in God are pretty simple. Life in the atheistic point of view just seems absurd and meaningless to me. If there is no God, all we are is the product of time and chance and anything we do in this life will ultimately be for nothing. That seems seriously depressing to me. I know that's not very scientific, but it's enough to convince me.

Right now I'm happy being Mormon. If I'm wrong... I'll never know.

[Slim]

A gift is something that needs to be nurtured or you lose it. Unbelief takes no effort.

This is one of those things that sounds nice but doesn't make any practical sense. There are plenty of gifts that are retained without being nurtured.

Not that I agree that unbelief is a gift either. I wish I could believe the way many others here do.

[RobinFinderson]

I would consider sharing my proof with others here, but I'm too concerned that some believers might not treat my proof with the respect that I believe it deserves, so I will just keep my proof to myself.

[Indy Coug]

I would consider sharing my proof with others here, but I'm too concerned that some believers might not treat my proof with the respect that I believe it deserves, so I will just keep my proof to myself.

God knows that's been a problem here in the past.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I would consider sharing my proof with others here, but I'm too concerned that some believers might not treat my proof with the respect that I believe it deserves, so I will just keep my proof to myself.

Once again mocking religious sensitivity. Way to go.

[lambdacoug]

*mumble* *mumble* something about Russell's Teapot *mumble* *mumble*

[Flystripper]

My reasons for believing in God are pretty simple. Life in the atheistic point of view just seems absurd and meaningless to me. If there is no God, all we are is the product of time and chance and anything we do in this life will ultimately be for nothing. That seems seriously depressing to me. I know that's not very scientific, but it's enough to convince me.

Right now I'm happy being Mormon. If I'm wrong... I'll never know.

Actually for me agnosticism has not reduced the meaning of my life even a little bit. There is much to live for when this life is all you get.

[Viking]

Unbelief is a gift.

I don't believe this.

[Chadillac]

Actually for me agnosticism has not reduced the meaning of my life even a little bit. There is much to live for when this life is all you get.

In Mormonism the ultimate purpose of life is to ultimately return back to Heavenly Father with our family. IMO, that's a lot to live for and gives purpose and meaning to this life.

Without God there is no purpose. We're the result of billions of years and chance. The entire human race will one day completely be erased and our Universe with either die a "cold death" or just cease to exist. That means that ultimately it does not matter at all what we do in this life because the outcome will be exactly the same regardless. The end result is exactly the same for the saint and the sinner. Besides a single lifetime of self-gratification, I don't see much to live for in atheism.

[Non Sequitur]

In Mormonism the ultimate purpose of life is to ultimately return back to Heavenly Father with our family. IMO, that's a lot to live for and gives purpose and meaning to this life.

Without God there is no purpose. We're the result of billions of years and chance. The entire human race will one day completely be erased and our Universe with either die a "cold death" or just cease to exist. That means that ultimately it does not matter at all what we do in this life because the outcome will be exactly the same regardless. The end result is exactly the same for the saint and the sinner. Besides a single lifetime of self-gratification, I don't see much to live for in atheism.

My kids are all teenagers and I still haven't told them the truth about Santa Claus -- I want their lives to have meaning.

[UtahDan]

In Mormonism the ultimate purpose of life is to ultimately return back to Heavenly Father with our family. IMO, that's a lot to live for and gives purpose and meaning to this life.

Without God there is no purpose. We're the result of billions of years and chance. The entire human race will one day completely be erased and our Universe with either die a "cold death" or just cease to exist. That means that ultimately it does not matter at all what we do in this life because the outcome will be exactly the same regardless. The end result is exactly the same for the saint and the sinner. Besides a single lifetime of self-gratification, I don't see much to live for in atheism.

Chad I can respect that you feel that way. Can you see how someone else might find just as much meaning without God?

[SoonerCoug]

Besides a single lifetime of self-gratification, I don't see much to live for in atheism.

Are you trying to tell me that you have never engaged in self-gratification? Or that only atheists engage in it?

All joking aside, I think your entire post is ridiculous.

[Viking]

In Mormonism the ultimate purpose of life is to ultimately return back to Heavenly Father with our family. IMO, that's a lot to live for and gives purpose and meaning to this life.

Without God there is no purpose. We're the result of billions of years and chance. The entire human race will one day completely be erased and our Universe with either die a "cold death" or just cease to exist. That means that ultimately it does not matter at all what we do in this life because the outcome will be exactly the same regardless. The end result is exactly the same for the saint and the sinner. Besides a single lifetime of self-gratification, I don't see much to live for in atheism.

I believe in a god of some form but to say my life without god would be without purpose is naive.

You maximize an ethereal future which may or may not exist. I maximize today, which I know exists.