Posted on 01/26/2008 7:40:54 PM PST by MtnClimber
Not all atheists are supercilious, of course. Many are content to live and let live, and some even grant that religion (which, in America, basically means Christianity) does some good. But atheism as an organized, evangelizing movement has been on the offensive lately. Witness the "New Atheists" such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, with their aggressive stance against God and their bestselling books attempting to debunk religion. So, assuming you are a theist, what do you say to the atheist who asks, "You don't (chuckle) actually believe in God, do you (snicker)?"
The natural response would be to start giving evidence for God: the origin of the universe in the Big Bang requires a cause that is beyond matter, energy, space and time, the design of life requires an intelligence to account for the information that it contains, the many accounts of miracles and the supernatural cannot all be fabrications, and so on. Entire libraries have been written on the evidence and arguments for God.
What's going on here? Does the atheist have superior insight that allows him to see the errors that invalidate the arguments for God that seem valid to us theists? Or is it the atheist who is missing something?
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You just smile and say, "of course". No big deal.
Actually, organized Atheism worshipers are trying to have their brand of belief installed as the official State Religion of the US.
These are “antitheists”, not atheists...(someone else should get the credit for this term in another thread btw)
They’re angry with God.
Otherwise with a true atheist it wouldn’t even cross their minds to try to convince someone that nothing exists.
It is better to believe in God and be wrong than not believe in God and be wrong.
Of course, they get disappointed or whiny when no one else gives a rat's rear end about it.
I just ask them to state what they believe without using the word “God”. You’ve never heard so many different idiotic responses in your life.
Using logic, atheism is an untenable position. To state categorically that there is no god, one has to have all of the knowledge in this world......obviously none of us have. At best one can only be an agnostic.
I believe in Man.
He always keeps people down!
I believe in Beer.
Which is proof that God loves us.
They seem to be craving some sort of validation.”
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For their perverse and/or selfish lifestyles.
No, that’s … “The” man … LOL. ;-)
Meds kicking in …
How do you know that not trying to convince someone that nothing exists is a valid criteria for atheism?
Bump!
I used to be an agnostic, but now I’m not so sure....
To me the athiesism arguement has been all about shooting down the 10 Commandments. They don’t like to be judged against these archaic beliefs.
I'm not certain about that. ;-)
I believe in Beer.
Which is proof that God loves us.
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