Am I Atheist?

This blog is in response to a question that was posed to me..

Question:

I was reading your profile and I have to ask you – what exactly is an atheist? Say for example that I make the statement, “There is no gold in China.” Well, for that statement to be true, I would have to know everything there is to know about China (in every cave, under the ground, in every home, and in every Chinese persons’ tooth). The minute I find even the smallest gram of gold, then my statement would have to be incorrect – right?

Therefore, when the atheist says, “There is no God” she is essentially saying that she knows every conceivable thing about the universe, under every premise, and with 100% certainty. This is completely impossible – even for you.

It’s like making the statement, “There is no truth” because what you’re actually saying is that “It’s true that there is no truth” which is a logical
contradiction.

Creation is proof that there is a creator.
If something is made, then there must be a maker. That is the proof of the existence of God plain and simple. The burden of proof lies on you to disprove that something that was made has no maker.

So your not really an atheist, you’re an agnostic right?

Let me know your thoughts,

Anonymous

My Response:

“Atheism is either the positive belief that no deity exists, the rejection of the belief that at least one deity exists, or simply the absence of this belief.” -wikipedia

I don’t believe there is a creator or some personified version of an entity that deserves to be worshiped. I don’t believe in the bible as truth, I don’t believe Jesus is the son of God or that he even existed for that matter. I’m not saying that it’s an absolute truth that there is no God, but I, don’t believe there is.

I’ve done weeks of research (my dad was a preacher and I had to make a strong case to get out of going to church) to come to the conclusion that religion is a made up institution along with any God’s that any religion refers to. I believe in science. I believe in evolution. And I have no reservations about saying this.

Finally, the idea that “Creation is proof that there is a creator. If something is made, then there must be a maker.” is a contradicting statement, because if we decide to agree with this, then how do you explain how God got here. Was he not created?? And further, if he wasn’t created and he’s just always been here…can we not say the same for the universe? Why can’t IT have always been here? You see how this doesn’t make any sense. It’s not a valid “case and point.”

I’ll quote you here: “The burden of proof lies on you to disprove that something that was made has no maker.” So are you saying God MUST have a maker? And if so, his maker must also have a maker and so on.

Look, I’m not trying to convince anyone that God doesn’t exist, I’m just saying WHAT I BELIEVE, and I respect what you believe. YOU CAN’T PROVE THAT GOD DOES EXIST, AND I CAN’T PROVE THAT HE DOESN’T. So we’re back to where we started.

Sorry if I’ve once again offended anyone with my stance on this subject.

Chaise