Disproving Yahweh

I was asked on Twitter to provide the proof behind my positive assertion that "God", that being the biblical Judeo-Christian god Yahweh, doesn't exist. A blog post seemed the only viable way to present this if I wanted to avoid sending 50 tweets to do so (there were 5 people tagged into the twitter conversation as well).

Let me state upfront that No, I won't link to the mountains of scientific evidence supporting my claims. Google is your friend, use it.

I do however link to Wikipedia articles. If you don't trust Wikipedia, I urge you to follow the references & links provided in the articles. But first, maybe read this:

http://m.livescience.com/32950-how-accurate-is-wikipedia.html

So here we go:

The history of Yahweh

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh

 

When reading the history of Yahweh, it should become very clear that Yahweh is just another man made deity. There is nothing special about his history that stands him apart from any other god claim. Explain how you know Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh, Horus, etc. don't exist & you'll understand how I know Yahweh doesn't exist. This is probably the single biggest reason I am comfortable saying Yahweh does not exist. It really is that simple.

Further to this, certain events in the Bible that are each cornerstones to the overall narrative have been disproven.

Disproving Adam & Eve

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve#Not_alive_at_the_same_time_as_.22Adam.22

This is THE cornerstone story of the bible. Disprove Adam & Eve & you lose original sin. Lose original sin & Jesus becomes pointless. A pointless Jesus means the entire Christian religion crumbles. This doesn't even get into the debate on whether Jesus was an actual person or if he had divine powers. I'll get into this below.

The Exodus never happened

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus

No Exodus? Can we trust that Moses was even a real person? How about those 10 Commandments that Christians love to flaunt? Without the Exodus, there are no 10 Commandments from God. Can they all get pulled from those courthouses now?

The Great Flood Myth 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth

The Great Flood, as told in Genesis, has no scientific backing. Geology has put this so firmly into the myth column it boggles my mind anyone might dispute it. Those that do, rely on pseudoscience, lies, misrepresentations or just outright denial of the scientific evidence. 

Since the Great Flood narrative has humanity reset to begin again with one family, the genetic argument used to disprove Adam & Eve also works here.

Jesus' Divinity

Was Jesus a historical figure? Most scholars agree he was, but a growing number are beginning to openly question this now that Christianity is beginning to lose it's grip on power. I personally don't have an opinion on if he was a real person but I will generally give the benefit of the doubt that he was, at least until such a time that convincing evidence is found to show he wasn't. 

The Divinity of Christ is really the key question to me. & Simply put, there is NO evidence outside the bible, which is the claim so cannot also be the evidence, to support a divine Jesus Christ. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch.

Research the history of early Christians & you'll discover that the divinity of Jesus was a disputed aspect of early Christians. The lack of evidence to support this claim would probably be the root cause of this strife. 

Besides which, I've already shown why Jesus is pointless.

What? No link? I can't spoon feed you everything. Go browse through the various historical articles on Christianity within Wikipedia & other sources. Rather than swallow Christian apologetics whole, do some research on your own.

So there it is in a nutshell; there really is WAY more to it, but I'm not up to providing every reason why I believe/know Yahweh doesn't exist. Yes, I'm aware many of you will not agree or accept my stance. To this, I say read this:

http://atheisteh.blogspot.ca/2014/08/threshold-of-proof.html?m=1

I've given what I consider solid reasons for my belief that Yahweh doesn't exist; all Reasons based in evidence. If you disagree, I invite you to provide your evidence based reasons for why Yahweh DOES exist. 

No, I won't accept the bible as evidence since, as mentioned above, it is the claim & therefore cannot also be the proof of itself.

I also don't accept "personal experience" as evidence. Your personal experience with Jesus is no more valid than a Hindu's personal experience with their god(s).

Good luck.

My Memes

Just a collection of memes I've created using my own words (usually originated as a tweet). Some see this as arrogant, to them I say, "I don't give a fuck."

Threshold of Proof

Different people obviously have different thresholds for what they consider "proof"; let's call that our "Threshold of Proof" or ToP because I'm lazy & don't want to type it over & over. To me, Evidence is what leads to proof.  Some people require multiple pieces of evidence to consider something proven while others require little to no evidence to claim proof.

Where am I going with this? Stick with me.

Now let's presume God is real…just for the sake of argument.

Now if, as is claimed, God made us as we are, then God instilled in each of us a different ToP.  He also, as is claimed, is omniscient, which means he knows exactly what each persons ToP is, but it also makes sense that since He instilled that ToP in us, he should know what it is.

Then let's point out that, as is claimed, God is Omnipotent. Meaning he is fully capable of doing anything…including providing the evidence needed to satisfy each persons ToP.

Last, lets note that God is, as is claimed, Omni-benevolent or All-Loving. One would presume then, he has no desire for anyone to go to hell and, as is claimed, the way to avoid hell is to believe in & love God (For now, let's ignore the contradiction of an All-Loving God setting conditions for his love). This leads one to assume God would have a desire to provide the evidence required to satisfy each persons ToP.

Let's summarize all that:

• He instilled in each of us an individual ToP.

• He knows what will satisfy everyone's ToP.

• He is capable of satisfying everyone's ToP.

• He wants to satisfy everyone's ToP.

So, supposing God is real, He has obviously provided enough evidence to satisfy some people's ToP since they believe God exists.  To others, this evidence is not convincing & doesn't meet their ToP so they don't believe God exists.

This then forces the question…Why does God not provide the evidence needed to satisfy everyone's ToP? Why does he only provide what is needed to satisfy those with the weakest ToP? Somehow those people are then expected to convince the people with a deep ToP (instilled in them by God, remember) that God does in fact exist.

Conclusion:

1) God isn't Omniscient, or

2) God isn't Onnipotent, or

3) God isn't Omni-benevent, or

4) All of the Above, or

5) God works in mysterious ways…don't question Him, or

6) God doesn't exist

I go with # 6, but then, I have a different Threshold of Proof than some of you.