A nontheist sees the God question as insoluble and
irrelevant. Nontheists approach the God question from an empirical position, which has so far shown them that it has been impossible to either prove, or disprove the existence of God. A Nontheist considers the god hypothesis as dealing with matters that are unfalsifiable, therefore placing the question outside the realm of human knowledge. Nontheists see the question of debating God'
s existence as irrelevant as debating the existence of leprechauns, Santa Claus, the Easter
Bunny, the Invisible Pink Unicorn, Invisible Garage Dragons, the Flying Spaghetti
Monster, etc.
Theist: God exists.
Nontheist: Prove it.
Theist: Well, just look around you. God created
everything you see. See? That proves God!
Nontheist: I see...and how do you know that
everything wasn’t created by an invisible
purple Gnome named Wilbur who lives on the dark side of the moon, therefore proving Wilbur?
Theist: Because fill-in-the-blank-holy-book says that God did it!
Nontheist: Just how do you know your book’
s claims are reliable though?
Theist: Because my book is self-authenicating, it says right here that it was written by God.
Nontheist: Using a book that claims self authentication commits the logical fallacy of circular reasoning. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Assertions that are unfalsifiable and immune from disproof aren’t worth much. How do you know your book wasn’t written by the Invisible Pink Unicorn?