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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.
And of course thers 0 proof with anything god-related. its quite a complex situation. theres 0 proof that he does exist, and 0 proof he doesnt. however if he doesnt exist, how will there ever be proof? if he does, theress still not going to be proof. Its a conundrum.
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There is no evidence supporting the existence of God/Gods/creationist myths. There are vast amounts of evidence to support scientific theories about how the universe came into being and how life in all its present forms came to be (in its present form.) I cannot claim to know if Jehovah, Toutatis or Osiris exists/existed or not with absolute certainty. I can however firmly state that the existence of any God/Gods is extremely unlikely.
To deny the obvious nature of evolution and its driving forces is comparable to denying that the earth is roughly spherical rather than flat or that the earth orbits the sun. These two things we know to be a fact and anyone who denies it is being intentionally ignorant. Human beings share parts of their DNA with almost all other life forms on this earth including plants, insects, birds, mammals, fish, and any others that you can think of. We are all distant cousins of every other living thing.
The intelligent design argument is flat out flawed. Human eyes are among the most inefficient in the animal world, coupled with the fact that the 'design' itself leads to myopia almost invariably as we get older. The fact that we walk upright demands we have narrow hips which is counter productive when females give birth through their hips, which leads to human babies being born vastly premature with their brains and skull bones inadequately formed causing a greatly increased parental dependancy time for the offspring. We only grow two sets of teeth (apart from in very very rare cases) in short, the 'design' of the human being is far from perfect.
The argument that without religion or God that humans would have no empathy or morals is just as flawed. If you admit that without any fear of divine retribution you would happily go around killing, stealing, or worse then you are obviously at least a sociopath if not a complete psycho and we would be well advised to lock you up now before by some chance you decide that in light of recently observed evidence that God does not exist. Empathy comes from the concept of putting yourself in someone/something elses shoes. I sometimes accidentally kill small creatures (spiders, beetles etc.) as I work outdoors and the inevitable feeling of guilt comes from my imagination about how I would feel if our roles were reversed, and how the situation could have been avoided. The trick is, I hold myself accountable for these accidents and if I see a way to avoid them (peacefully evicting a spider before I drop a 3.5 ton load on his new house) then I will always attempt to do so.
I do not write to offend and if it causes offence I am truly sorry. I feel only that it is my duty to say these things, and if by some miraculous chance that God does exist, then he obviously wants me to be an Atheist and I am fairly sure he wants you and everybody else to be too.