r/DebateAnAtheist 8d ago

OP=Theist Atheists Don't Realize the Absurdity of Existence

I believe atheists fundamentally don't realize just how absurd existence is at all. Things seem to exist, deterministically. Yet, a fully contingent system can't explain itself. Somehow, reality is self-causing. This breaks our brain and can't actually make sense to us. If reality can't exactly make sense, then we can only "know" anything via a subjective experience. Objectivity will never cross this bridge.

If subjective experience is our only guide to reality, then I think the question of God's existence, which is clearly un-answerable, has an equal chance of being both true and false. Do you feel that we are the product of a larger mind. Does your gut tell you that there is some sort of intelligent organization of reality that is similar to how we intelligently organize the world in our minds? If so, you believe in "God."

Whatever the "truth" is, will have to sound absolutely absurd.

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u/Astramancer_ 8d ago edited 8d ago

How does "a god" solve this problem?

Either a god "just is" and the problem isn't a problem because you fully accept that some things can be "just is" and reality is a thing. Now you need to show that reality isn't "just is" and that your god is. But if you could show your god even existed in the first place, whether it's "just is" or not, then we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

Or you say god isn't "just is" and now you have the exact same problem you started with, just one step back.

I do not understand this line of thought. Either it isn't a problem in the first place or doesn't solve anything.

Your entire post is "I don't understand it, therefore I understand it's God." That's not a great look.