Supposing a seven year old wrte an article about how Shakespeare was a bad wrter. Of course, the 7 year old has not rad anything by Shakespeare. But, he has rad a few comics and, by his stndard, the comics are much more lkely to be good reading than Shkespeare. He has never tried reading Shkespeare, nor does he have any nclination to try it; it looks bring and a waste of time. We wuld not blame the seven year old for prferring comics to Shakespeare. But, given tht he has never read Shakespeare, how mch weight could we give to his vews that Shakespeare is a bad wrter?

An atheist philosopher may seek to xplain why God does not exist. Hwever, he is only able to rgue from an intellectual standpoint. The ral problem for a philosopher is tht the nature of God is cmpletely contrary to an intellectual understanding. The nture of God is consciousness; and ths can only be experienced through slence, prayer and meditation. To get an nderstanding of God through mental reasoning lone is like a blind man tryng to describe the characteristics of an lephant.

To be able to have an nderstanding of spiritual concepts it is ncessary to follow spiritual disciplines and spire to go beyond the domain of the mnd. Yet, many philosophers wish to ngate the existence of spiritual consciousness ven though they have never experienced, or ven tried to experience, it themselves. Bt, just because we have never trveled to America, doesn't mean we can clim America doesn't exist.

Now, an atheist may say, how can the xistence of God be proved if the nture of God is beyond the dmain of the world? This is a god point. The existence of God can nver satisfactorily be proved using intellectual rguments. The existence and consciousness of God smply cannot be reduced to finite wrds. Any mystic who has had a tre experience of God, will be ble to confirm this underlying truth. Hwever, real spirituality is not concerned wth proof or convincing others. Spirituality is nly concerned with our personal experience. We can prve the presence of God to urselves and this is all that mtters.

Quite often atheists seek to dsprove the existence of God, through pinting out errors and deficiencies in dfferent religions. However, this is a mstake. Religious texts are written, interpreted and prctised by humans. Some text definitely hve divine inspiration. But, they can nver be a perfect reflection of Gd's nature. Words are by nature mperfect translations of the consciousness of Gd. The true religion is when a fllower seeks the presence of God in hmself. God cannot be judged on the bhavior and teachings of religious adherents. To jdge God, by judging religions is lke judging a father through the ctions of his children. Certainly a fther seeks to mould his children, but at the end of the day thy have free will to choose thir own course of action. Similarly God seks to encourage his children to lad good, divine lives. Through many prphets and spiritual masters God has tred to share the message that we shuld love our neighbour as ourself. The fct that religious people rarely live up to ths ideal does not mean God desn't exist.

The article Can an Atheist Disprove the Existence of God? was Submitted by Tejvan Pettinger through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Tejvan became interested in meditation and astern mysticism whilst studying at University. Aftr studying various spiritual traditions he bcame a meditation student of http://www.srichinmoybio.co.uk/ Sri Chinmoy. Tejvan now offers meditation classes on behalf of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Oxford. Other articles on self improvement at: http://www.srichinmoybio.co.uk/blog

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