PART ONE | Samuel D. Hunter on A Case for the Existence of God

🤔 "How do we find space to hope, and still be grounded and realistic and honest about what's going on in the world?" Samuel D. Hunter takes us through A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, reflecting on his own search for a new lease on life after times of crisis.
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[@NeuroActing]

I'm in the UK and I'd love to know how to get a copy of this play. I'm a theatre producer in the UK - an amateur company - but i have an interest in producing it in Yorkshire.

[@theoskeptomai2535]

Hello. I am an atheist. I define atheism as suspending any acknowledgement as to the existence of gods until sufficient credible evidence is introduced. My position is that *_I have no good reason to acknowledge the existence of any god._* And here is the evidence I must consider when evaluating the claim by theists, and as to why I currently hold to such a position. 1. I personally have never observed a god. 2. I have never encountered a person whom has claimed to have observed a god. 3. I know of no accounts of persons claiming to have observed a god that were willing or able to demonstrate or verify their observation for authenticity, accuracy, or validity. 4. I have never been presented a valid logical argument which also employed sound premises that lead deductively to a conclusion that a god(s) exists. 5. Of the nearly 50 logical syllogisms I have encountered arguing for the existence of a god(s), I have found all to contain multiple fallacies or unsubstantiated premises. 6. I have never observed a phenomenon in which the existence of a god was a necessary antecedent for the known or probable explanation as to the causation of that phenomenon. 7. Several proposed (and generally accepted) explanations for observable phenomena that were previously based on the agency of a god(s), have subsequently been replaced with rational, natural explanations, each substantiated with evidence that excluded the agency of a god(s). I have never encountered the _vice versa._ 8. I have never experienced the presence of a god through intercession of angels, divine revelation, the miraculous act of divinity, or any occurrence of a supernatural event. 9. Every phenomenon that I have ever observed appears to have *_emerged_* from necessary and sufficient antecedents over time without exception. In other words, I have never observed a phenomenon (entity, process, object, event, process, substance, system, or being) that was created _ex nihilo_ - that is instantaneously came into existence by the solitary volition of a deity. 10. All claims of a supernatural or divine nature that I have encountered have either been refuted to my satisfaction, or do not present as falsifiable. ALL of these facts lead me to the only rational conclusion that concurs with the realities I have been presented - and that is the fact that there is *_no good reason_* for me to acknowledge the existence of a god. I have heard often that atheism is the denial of the Abrahamic god. But denial is the active rejection of a substantiated fact once credible evidence has been presented. Atheism is simply withholding any acknowledgement until sufficient credible evidence is introduced. *_It is natural, rational, and prudent to be skeptical of unsubstatiated claims, especially extraordinary ones._* I welcome any cordial response. Peace.

[@SummonersEnsemble]

Not germane to the video, at all.

[@theoskeptomai2535]

@@SummonersEnsemble Not germane to my position at all.

[@brittneywalker3408]

I would argue the existence of a creator is the only explanation for existence. Existence, for me, is sufficient proof of God.

[@theoskeptomai2535]

@@brittneywalker3408 What _exactly_ are you asserting has been created?

[@McGillus]

I would like to recommend The Egg by Andy Wier. About two pages. Should be easily found with a search engine. With the added knowledge that when he says "there is only you and me" he is really saying there is only me. The god entity is the person matured and transcended to create the egg that gestated him. We are all god and we are here to grow up. Murdering and hating each other is not the way to do this. Arrogance and pride is not going to help us. Chasing power and domination over ourself will only leave us hollow. Humility and kindness. We got to be herder and gardener to keep the egg from cracking because we got a long way to go.