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This Is Why I Am An Atheist - Satyan Sharma
This Is Why I Am An Atheist - Satyan Sharma
arguments.
1. The scriptural argument: Technically, the scriptural
evidence is no evidence. We have got as much written evidence
for the existence of Superman as for the existence of a god. All
scriptures are true, yet all so different and contradictory.
2. The experiential argument: Schizophrenics see people
who do not exist, so should they insist upon experiential
evidence and say that those people actually exist? Medicines &
therapies can make those people vanish.
3. The moral argument: Theists say that morality solely
comes from god, so god exists. A supernatural being who sits &
watches millions of rapes, murders, tortures, violences &
doesnt protect innocents, doesnt hold any right to teach me
morals. Morals can be easily derived by reason & hijacked by
religion.
4. The life argument: God is life. So what is death then? A
hundred people meet with an accident, but one person gets
saved. So theists refer to this as an act of god. What about those
ninety nine dead people?
5. The intelligent design argument: Earth is so round,
humans are so complex in structure, so were designed, hence
the designer is god. First of all the earth is geoid & not so
round, it is as irregular a sphere as a clay ball made by a small
kid. Talking of humans being complex in structure, yes we are,
but whats intelligent in making vestigial organs?
6. The spiritual argument: God is infinite consciousness,
god is formless. So god has no body, yet is conscious. Such a
thought comes from the idea that mind is different from the
brain. The people who insist on this idea being true must
receive a blow on their head & then see if theyre still conscious
or not. Else they should research on what causes
unconsciousness & know that mind isnt an independent entity.
now?
The analysis of these nine arguments is the reason I do not
believe in a god, neither the personal god nor the all-pervading
god.
- Satyan Sharma