Why do atheists claim that the concept of God is so unlikely

[widdershins]

I'll agree with fencerider here.  If a deity exists, there is a fine line between obvious and oblivious.

Any deity could convince me right now easily... 

Not an imaginary one.

Boom!  Check and mate, atheist!

[SGOS]

Any deity could convince me right now easily... 

And even though he could (and wants us to believe), he seems to leave the task up to his mortal minions, who can only fail because they are so ill equipped for the job.  Nor does God provide his minions with the proper tools.  Supporting evidence would help them greatly, but he won't give them any.  It's almost like he isn't really there.

[Cavebear]

Don't get me wrong here.  Just saying that any extant deity could and should make things pretty obvious.

Not using that as a disproof (who could fathom a deity?) but still, deliberate uncertainty seems a bit dim...  If I were a deity, I would just place fiery letters in the sky every generation saying, "I'm here".  In all languages, of course.

[Baruch]

I'll agree with fencerider here.  If a deity exists, there is a fine line between obvious and oblivious.

Any deity could convince me right now easily...

I am a demi-god, and I am talking to you ... does that count?

[Cavebear]

I am a demi-god, and I am talking to you ... does that count?

You are hardly even a real mortal to me.  Bow before Hunk-Ra!!!

No, you aren't a demi-god.  Demi-god genes have been so diluted since the days of the ancient Greeks that the best you can hope for is a mild resistance to the common cold.  And probably not even that.  You might have the "counting to 10" gene.  And not allergic to pineapples.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

I'm a Toothfairian.. I actually got money for losing teeth as a youngster. There is a cut off date which is kind of arbitrary, but once you stop believing the cash flow stops..

[Baruch]

I'm a Toothfairian.. I actually got money for losing teeth as a youngster. There is a cut off date which is kind of arbitrary, but once you stop believing the cash flow stops..

Just like political bribery of politicians and voters.

[Mike Cl]

I'm a Toothfairian.. I actually got money for losing teeth as a youngster. There is a cut off date which is kind of arbitrary, but once you stop believing the cash flow stops..

Aren't there two kinds of toothfairianism?  It is true that once I stopped believing, the money dried up.  But once my child reached tooth losing time, I became one again.  Until her belief dried up. 

[fencerider]

Why do atheists claim that the concept of god is so unlikely???

Here's a better question:

Why do theists claim that the concept of god is likely????

Do you got a big-Daddy complex? Do you get brownie points for getting other people involved? Are you scared to face your life with out a genie to get you out of trouble?

[Baruch]

Why do atheists claim that the concept of god is so unlikely???

Here's a better question:

Why do theists claim that the concept of god is likely????

Do you got a big-Daddy complex? Do you get brownie points for getting other people involved? Are you scared to face your life with out a genie to get you out of trouble?

Religion is all psychology ... individual and social.  Why do atheists deny psychology?  Why do they have a hard-on for physics?

[Blackleaf]

Religion is all psychology ... individual and social.  Why do atheists deny psychology?  Why do they have a hard-on for physics?

Ahem. *Holds up my Master of Arts in Psychology.*

[Mike Cl]

Religion is all psychology ... individual and social.  Why do atheists deny psychology?  Why do they have a hard-on for physics?

Why is Santa white???  Why is the Tooth Fairy female???  Why is Rumpelstiltskin rumpled???

[Baruch]

Ahem. *Holds up my Master of Arts in Psychology.*

If you got it, use it, don't flaunt it ;-)

[Baruch]

Why is Santa white???  Why is the Tooth Fairy female???  Why is Rumpelstiltskin rumpled???

Fiction doesn't come from nowhere, it comes from people's imaginations, their mind.  Ask authors why they write what they do ... ask yourself that question ;-)

[Mike Cl]

Fiction doesn't come from nowhere, it comes from people's imaginations, their mind.  Ask authors why they write what they do ... ask yourself that question ;-)

You are correct (write even)--I've asked that question of each and every author of the books of the bible (even if we don't know who wrote them) and of the Joel Osteens of this world.