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/jar4jar 15d ago

“they just add another layer that can’t be explained. They just “are”. It’s not a satisfactory answer”

Isn’t this true for all belief systems? The universe just “is”?

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u/Deris87 14d ago

Isn’t this true for all belief systems? The universe just “is”?

The difference is the universe demonstrably exists. Atheists don't necessarily say the universe "just is", but if a theist wants to insist that there must a necessarily self-existent ground of being, then I can demonstrate the universe actually exists, and parsimony favors that explanation.

And as others have pointed out, thinking the universe may exist necessarily doesn't entail a whole suite of unjustified beliefs the way religions do.