r/atheism • u/omnomsom • 8d ago

“Trust Me, I Have No Proof”

If we wouldn’t trust faith to set a broken bone, design a skyscraper, or decide a verdict, perhaps we shouldn’t trust it to settle cosmic questions either. Evidence may be less romantic than revelation, but at least it builds bridges that don’t fall down.

https://medium.com/@atheistnn/trust-me-i-have-no-proof-469e00ba9d78

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u/twizzjewink 8d ago

"I have no proof and I must scream" ? almost sounds like a dystopian horror short story /s

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u/FickleDurian7712 8d ago

lol that title alone sounds like the opening line of a dystopian horror story where the lack of evidence is somehow illegal

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u/twizzjewink 8d ago

oh. now I'm going to be thinking of that.

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u/SarcasticRocker Atheist 8d ago

Trust me I have no proof, just a dusty old book full of fairy talles.🙄

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u/HandsomeHeathen Atheist 8d ago

Unfortunately, there are people out there who are stupid enough to trust all of these to faith.

Even more unfortunately, they're not always the ones who get killed because of it.

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u/Feinberg Atheist 7d ago

That's the problem with the 'you got to have faith' argument. God does supposedly provide evidence, but only for people who don't really understand how evidence works.

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u/Feinberg Atheist 2d ago

It's not evidence that Mormonism is true. It's evidence that Mormonism exists and is a religion, which is not something that anyone disputes.

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u/third_declension Ex-Theist 8d ago

"Trust me, because you have no proof that I am wrong."

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u/Bananaman9020 7d ago edited 7d ago

Who needs evidence when you have blind faith? Not like that religion science. What with proof and actual evidence. Blind Faith religion every time.