Origin and meaning of life.

[sigurdV]

I itch only to reply to your misunderstandings. There doesn't have to be proof that there isn't a God. I don't claim to know whether there is a God or not with 100% certainty. That makes me an agnostic.

I also don't believe there is a God the same way I don't believe there are fairies or leprechauns. No one has ever suggested a reason why I should. That makes me an atheist.

But sometimes lack of evidence is evidence that something does not exist, what that something should have left evidence due to it's physical interactions with the world. The Christian/Jewish/Muslim God is a figure that I think can be said to not exist beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence that should be there but isn't. This isn't totally certain, but it's well within the standards of science. Victor Stenger has written a book about this. Note that this doesn't debunk all possible Gods, only the most common monotheism.

I do often object to those people who say Atheism is simply a lack of belief. In reality, it's accompanied by beliefs in all sorts of things, the efficacy of science, humanistic values, religious freedom, etc... But beliefs aren't religion. Atheism isn't based on faith that there isn't a God. If such evidence could be produced, I would welcome it. My concern is the truth whatever that might turn out to be.

I dont remember what made me think of you as a reformed christian...This post of yours seems rather sensible to me.
I like especially the view that stupid god concepts are not having any reality.
Since gods are supposed to be the reason for the existence of ourselves and our Reality.
their absence only gets the problem one step closer because then Reality itself takes on all sensible attributes gods were created for Get it?
It does not matter if gods exist or not because theres an existing replacement if they dont!