Here’s the simplest argument against God’s existence: there’s no good evidence for it. That’s it. No elaborate reasoning about evil or suffering. No logical puzzles about omnipotence. Just the basic question: where’s the evidence? People believe in God for lots of reasons. They feel something in church. They see design in nature. They need comfort. But feelings aren’t evidence. Patterns aren’t proof of a designer. Need doesn’t make something true....
Science can tell you that sugar activates reward centers in your brain. It can’t tell you whether eating the cookie matters. Philosophy can’t either. Religion makes claims, but they’re not verifiable. Your parents had opinions, but they were just making it up as they went along, same as everyone else. This bothers people. They want an authority. Something to point to and say “See? This is what matters. This is how to live....
I was reading a debate about animal rights the other day when I noticed something strange. The argument went like this: factory farming causes tremendous suffering to animals. Animals are sentient beings capable of pain. Therefore, we shouldn’t eat factory-farmed meat. It sounds reasonable enough. But there’s a peculiar little jump happening in that final step — one that a grumpy Scottish philosopher named David Hume spotted nearly 300 years ago....