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Originally posted by Dragonlich
This is actually a rather silly question. Why do I *not* believe in X???
If X were to be "the easter bunny", i'd probably start laughing; if it were "the pink bunny walking behind me", I'd consider you quite insane; yet if it is "god", you expect me to give you a list of reasons?
There is no reason to believe in God, simply because such a belief is unreasonable. The whole concept is alien to me - what makes "god" different from any of the other options I mentioned?
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Besides all the other reasons that people have posted, I think at the root of the problem, this is a good answer. The default position is "There is no god(s)". Most people don't think that, because believing in some deity is the popular thing to do... But really, left alone, you don't have these weird notions in your head to believe in the first place. So really, all the atheists/agnostics should ask, "Just why do YOU believe?", not the other way around. The burdon of proof is on the believers... and as far as I know, the best they can come up with is faith... which I mean really... COME ON!
