In my opinion Katie G might lack knowledge in the area of psychology, also if you study philosophy or mathematics you will understand why making absolute claims such as “THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE I JUST KNOW THERE IS” could be devastating to your argument,using that kind of self sufficient circular logic will prove nothing more except that the so called witness of said phenomenon might be unwilling to accept new evidence which may refute his or her claim.

a child might be completely convinced that his imaginary friend is real meanwhile everyone around him will conclude that the child fails to understand how his brain works thus playing a trick on him.

It can be demonstrated through experimentation of different sorts that visions of “ghosts” or/and the feeling of a presence is in fact an experience unique to the individual and has sources from the brain as opposed to the contrary.

I know for an absolute FACT that there is life after death. These men are very intellligent although...this is the truth. You decide. Everyone will find out in the end. Take my word for it now. There IS an after life. I have seen it. I have seen spirits.Ghosts. Whatever it is you wanna call them.

Religion keeps people in check. Free thinking is dangerous.

it is difficult for santa clause to tell me there is no santa clause

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried”.~ GK Chesterton
Theses are some of the truest words ever spoken.

The majority of those who think of themselves as Christian are in denial.
What passes for Christianity these days is a complete corruption of the real, original idea.
Strangely enough, what passes for science is often a pale imitation of the real thing also.
Science, by definition…
the �??systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.�?� is completely inadequate to investigate the spiritual in a ‘scientific’ manner due to the obvious fact that it’s not physical. That’s not to say that a scientist can’t investigate, but would a mathematician insist on using his field’s knowledge to study ... I don’t know… the art of painting? You would say that’s crazy. After all, art is about expressing a thought or emotion - a vision that’s in the mind of the artist, math is of no use here. It could, I suppose, be reduced to numbers - the relationships of shapes, sizes, colors but that tells you nothing about the artist’s intention nor his message. Why would anyone think that science should be able to explain what is essentially a personal experience which is a different one for all who experience it?
That’s crazy.
We hold science in such high regard, and it’s done much good, but that good has also been used to create the possibility of wiping out entire populations with the push of the button (I could go on here, and on, and on, and on, ad nauseam).
Now you say “well, that’s the misuse of science - by some who are corrupt or greedy and power hungry.” Could you imagine the same to be true of those who have used religion as a means to power and wealth?
Is there really any difference?
In the end spirituality is a personal experience which people like Dawkins can only talk about like they can talk about skydiving before they’ve actually jumped out of that plane. After they have made that jump they can speak with some authority on the subject. Until that time they’re just talking and talk is cheap.

It’s about the experience, not the scientific evidence to prove something.

Proof there is a creator? Where, in the bible?  Why can’t they see that’s just like consulting the Macdonald’s employee handbook to decide if a big mac is healthy food.  lol!  It’s so wild how religious people see an ancient book written by people at one particular point in human history as a fact.. and in turn see our own innate human ability to reason and learn as some sort a impossible fallacy.  They just delete the notion from their mind that it is only natural to question things.  They do not question.. they simply follow.  And what they follow is ancient scripture. Atheists don’t do that.  They simply wish to keep learning about the random events that created our universe and ourselves. Learning who we are and studying it based on our own hypothesis which will never, ever die.  But if it’s one thing human history undeniably proves.. religions come and go.  Christianity for example is dieing off worldwide. It will continue to die because unlike the past, there will be no more bloody conflicts enforcing it’s preservation. What will it be replaced with when it’s gone which most likely will occur within the next two centuries?  We’ll see.  Also, evolution isn’t real to religious people because for some reason they cannot stop and truly try to understand how long 5 million years is (let alone 500 million) and what can happen during that incomprehensible amount of time. They just intentionally put up a mental block, preventing them to reason with the reality of extreme lengths of time and what it does to all physical things, even the continental plates of the earth.. moving at 3 centimeters per year. Do the math. Of-course things change over millions of years...a lot! it’s just so simple to see.  It doesn’t require that much reason, actually.

“If anything, science (which word means knowledge) can only prove there has to be a creator of mankind. If one were a true scientist, one that studies facts honestly and purely, then they would have to come to the point that there is too much evidence to prove there is a creator. That is why I believe that these people are not true scientists because they believe whatever they want to believe rather than believing the truth. At some point they made a decision to not let themselves accept the evidence for what it really is and instead just keep lying to themselves.” -this is funny

Science doesn’t mean knowledge.  Science, the word, derived from the latin word scientia, which translates into “knowledge” but Science by definition means, “systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.” For something to be science or scientific you have to observe it and test your observations.  There is no science or scientific evidence of any kind that would ever point to the existance of God(s) because by definition you have to observe and test these facts.  It’s not like gravity, you can say gravity exists because we are able to observe it in nature and test our observations about gravity through math and experimentation.  Where is God in nature and how do we observe god to record our findings and perform tests?  It isn’t the job or purpose of science to prove or disprove the existance of one thing or the next, it’s to explain why, why things in nature or in the universe are the way they are.  If you pay attention to the film they are expressing their personal and philosophical beleifs.  Some people beleive there must be God(s) for us to exist and some do not. But either way I want people to realize that there is no science or scientific evidence that will ever prove or disprove the existance of God(s) so beleive what you want to beleive and be happy.

As an opinion on the side.  I hate proverbs such as “The fool says in his heart there is no God(Psalm 14.1)” What a cheep scare tactic to make people feel as if they are fools or going to hell for having a unique or different beleif about the world.  I prefer “When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things."I Cor. xiii. 11

“… that does not mean that they are correct. Anyone can come up with evidence to justify their claims, but it does not mean that their evidence is actually really evidence when you actually look at it truthfully without an agenda.

How very ironic. There has not ever been a single scientific study to produce any evidence that would point to the existence a creator. Rather Xians like yourself think if it’s complicated, if it takes actual independent thought to figure something out, then it must be blasphemous or a waste of time. Why think for yourself when a god can do everything for you? It’s a shame that you and so many others have given up on your only life all in the childish belief that you will somehow live forever, and be aware that you are living forever, just because you say you love a word: ‘jesus’. Talk about an agenda without evidence. The Xian belief system is the best example I can think of to describe an organization, a dogma, that is based entirely on stories.

Truth is absolute. It is not based on what someone thinks or feels about something which is what these people are doing. They do not have any facts that can validate their personal atheistic beliefs. They are simply choosing to not believe there is a God, or Creator as you could call Him, despite the infinite amount of evidence that proves there is a Creator. Whatever claims these people have in an attempt to validate their atheism is completely invalidated when compared to the truth of everything. I have listened to both view points and have seen the evidence that there is a creator and the so-called evidence that there is not a creator. If anything, science (which word means knowledge) can only prove there has to be a creator of mankind. If one were a true scientist, one that studies facts honestly and purely, then they would have to come to the point that there is too much evidence to prove there is a creator. That is why I believe that these people are not true scientists because they believe whatever they want to believe rather than believing the truth. At some point they made a decision to not let themselves accept the evidence for what it really is and instead just keep lying to themselves. Apart from my own personal experiences with God, I have seen plenty of scientific resources that can easily invalidate any of these claims that attempt to validate atheism in any way. One of these resources, for example, is a film called The Case For A Creator by Lee Strobel. He is a former atheist that came to a believe in God after honestly studying the scientific evidence for the existence of a creator. I myself am a former agnostic that eventually came to a belief in God and later I became a Christian. But, my point in writing this is that I want people to know that there is substantial evidence for a creator and if you take the time to look at the evidence, if you are looking for some scientific evidence that is, then there are resources out there. You must remember that just because someone claims something and just because they say they have some evidence and they try to explain it, that does not mean that they are correct. Anyone can come up with evidence to justify their claims, but it does not mean that their evidence is actually really evidence when you actually look at it truthfully without an agenda.

The fool says in his heart there is no God. (Psalm 14.1)
There is a way which seems right to a man, but eventually it ends in death. (Proverbs 14.12)

uhm, Lui, humans are part of the animal kingdom. talk about supremacist view…

Unless of course you take in to account that homo sapiens are just another animal.

Darwin’s studies revolved around the ANIMAL kingdom.
It’s pathetic that this distinction is not made, and that Darwin’s work is associated, misleadingly, with humanity.

The misguided association of Darwin’s work with people is preposterous and quite supremacist. Darwin’s Theory exclusively dealt with the animal kingdom and to state otherwise is deception.

Darwin’s studies revolved around the ANIMAL kingdom.
It’s pathetic that this distinction is not made, and that Darwin’s work is associated, misleadingly, with humanity.
This concept of applying Darwin Theory to human beings was initially popularized by the Nazis.