Scientific proofs that there is no God?

 

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As a self proclaimed "atheist," can you give me absolute, scientific proofs that there is no God?

Hello, Jay McMullan!

I probably could give you such proof, but first you would need to acknowledge that the “God” in question is the one you actually believe in. You know, the one you claim to have “given your life to” back in 1973 — the one described in the Bible as having said and done and promised to do all sorts of miraculous things for which there should be (and isn’t) abundant evidence.

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The problem is that every single time an atheist provides proof that the God actually worshiped by anybody does not exist, believers just move the goalposts right off the field into another county by claiming that it’s impossible to prove the nonexistence of a “God” that exists “outside of time and space” (whatever that actually means), that is some sort of “immaterial pure spirit” (whatever that actually means), and that is completely mysterious, unknowable, undetectable and otherwise hidden from view.

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So, since I don’t trust you to keep the goalposts on the field, why even bother playing the game in the first place?

More importantly, though, why would it even matter whether anybody can provide “absolute, scientific proof” that God doesn’t exist in order to justify their lack of belief? After all, I’m sure there are plenty of things that you don’t believe actually exist, despite the lack of any “absolute, scientific proof” that they don’t exist, right? I mean, what about spell-casting witches and warlocks? Wish-granting genies? Or, for that matter, what about all the many, many supernatural ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night that different cultures and societies have believed in over the years including, but not even remotely limited to, alicorns and androsphinxes, banshees and bugbears, centaurs and chimeras, dragons and dryads, elementals and elves, fairies and fauns, gremlins and goblins, harpies and hippogriffs, imps and incubi, jinns and jötnar, kelpies and kobolds, lamias and leprechauns, manticores and minotaurs, nāgas and naiads, ogres and orks, pegasi and pixies, qliphoths and quinotaurs, revenants and rocs, satyrs and selkies, thunderbirds and trolls, unicorns and umi-nyōbō, valkyrie and vampires, werewolves and wyverns, xanas and xecotcovachs, yacurunas and yetis, zâne and zombies, etc., etc., etc.

Seriously, Jay — does your lack of belief in all of these things really hinge on the existence of “absolute, scientific proof” that they are not real? Or are you simply smart enough to recognize that we humans have always had the tendency to make up stories about supernatural things when we don’t understand something? I’m guessing the latter, even if you are unable to apply that same standard to the particular supernatural being you have apparently believed in since 1973.

Oh, let me guess — it’s a completely different thing because the “God” you believe in isn’t in the same category as any of those obviously made up fantasy creatures, right? Fair enough. Then what about your lack of belief in other deities apart from the one you “gave your life to” way back in 1973? I’m not just referring to the God of the Qur’an, mind you, but the many thousands of different deities actually worshiped by different religions and cultures throughout history including, but once again not even remotely limited to, such luminaries as Amun-Ra and Ahura Mazdā, Ba'al and Bast, Cronos and Cernunos, Demeter and Dajbog, Enki and El, Freya and Frigga, Galeru and Guanyin, Horus and Hecate, Indra and Inti, Jupiter and Jesus, Kokopelli and Krishna, Lakshmi and Loki, Maui and Minerva, Neptune and Nammu, Odin and Osiris, Pele and Ptah, Quetzalcoatl and Qa'wadiliquala, Ra and Rama, Set and Shiva, Thor and Tiamat, Uranus and Ulanji, Vulcan and Vishnu, Wawalag and Wakahiru-Me, Xochipilli and Xi Wangmu, Yahweh and Yemaja, Zeus and Zaramama.

Again, do you actually care whether or not there is “absolute, scientific proof” that none of these deities exist? I’m guessing you don’t, which means you are just another troll trying to shift the burden of proof onto atheists rather than acknowledge you irrationally believe in something ridiculous and obviously made-up for which there is no evidence.

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It’s not a good look on you, Jay, I promise.

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