The Onus probandi is on all of us. I’m talking about Faith. Nobody is sitting pretty here, Example,
The Religious believe in a being (I shall be naming as G) , who’s eternal — has no beginning or end, omnipotent, omnipresent, who originated the Universe, created, evolved, fashioned, designed, planned everything therein. This {G} will also ensure that we shall be accountable for our deeds. The {G} promises Justice in the afterlife — albeit through a selected set of men of different eras, who used to call themselves messengers of God.
Aaryan philosophies, talk about a concept that holds a person accountable for his or her deeds (Karma), it is quite obvious that there is an abstract, properly coordinated intelligent surveillance and judiciary system they believe in, which ensures a person who does a good or bad deed will be dealt with in this or a next life. I will be naming this system as {K}. Their belief in the story behind the existence of this Universe varies from G to agnosticism, depending on how the founders of the respective philosophies had been influenced.
Atheists believe that God,souls,gods,angels,demons,after life,past life,the tooth fairy,Santa,Satan,the flying spaghetti monster etc do not exist — NOT because they have evidence to prove anything, but simply because they reject the proof, ideas and traditions provided by {G} or {K}. So, atheism could be represented as { }. Thus {G},{K},{ } and combinations of these beliefs are all members of a SET, which could be called X.
X [Faith] = {G} , {K} , { } etc.
Most of us, consciously or subconsciously believe that we need to be held accountable for what we do, and that a superior intelligent judiciary and surveillance system needs to be around to ensure this happens. We call this intuition. This idea is universal, and popular among the commoner. Every Tom, Dick and Harry has this. The idea is not rigid, and thus it takes the shape of the vessel that holds it. i.e The established religion or philosophy you subscribe to. And then when intuition doesn’t ignite, the whole scenario boils down to logic. For a religious person, X is the one who originated primordial matter, who caused the Big Bang or let’s say “controlled chaos”, created life, and let it evolve. It’s just that atheists have better reasons to believe that these verbs do not require a noun. Both ideas are ably supported by Logic and arguments. Never ending ones.
So, the point here is to emphasize the fact that we have no right to mock another persons faith. We have to realize that the belief of a person depends on his upbringing, his IQ, his level of humility.
For an atheist to say prove God exists or you’re wrong to a religious person, is as lame as a religious person saying, prove God does not exist or you’re wrong to an atheist.
