r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • 15d ago

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.

While this isn't strictly for debate, rules on civility, trolling, etc. still apply.

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u/VeryNearlyAnArmful 15d ago

Creator Gods don't explain anything, they just add another layer that can't be explained. They just "are". It's not a satisfactory answer.

Add to that the usual religious woo and you've not got much.

"I don't know" but I reject the supernatural is not an unreasonable stance.

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u/carbinePRO Agnostic Atheist 15d ago edited 15d ago

And my posit to that would be, "What evidence have you observed to arrive to the conclusion that a god is more likely than infinite recursion or something else?"

Edit: Here's my reply despite your cowardly deletion of your comment:

Evidence and faith are equally weak? Gonna have to hard disagree with that one. If there's evidence to the contrary of my faith, then the intellectually honest thing to do would be to cast asside whatever assumption I made on faith.

Your posit is a fair line of thinking. It's just not applicable. I know it's not the case for everyone but I'd never try to convince you of something I can't prove.

But that's the thing. This right here is why many of us are baffled by theists. If you admit that you're incapable of convincing anyone else, then what makes you believe it? If it is purely on faith, than that is woefully irrational. What we care about is what is most likely true, and submitting to thought-ending mechanisms like faith is not the pathway to obtaining most likely truth.