A Guide for Doubting Theists
Shortly after I became a Christian, I saw a book about Jesus at the library. I couldn’t get enough of Jesus, so I brought it home and began reading. Excitement turned to horror as I realized it was arguing there was hardly any evidence that Jesus even lived, much less was [...]
A reader sent in his email exchange with WhoIsYourCreator.Com, a Christian creationist website. It’s much longer than anything I normally post, but I thought it was interesting enough to pass on.
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So here’s my story and subsequent conversations with whoisyourcreator.com. After a return trip along Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon, I noticed a [...]
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Today’s argument for the existence of God is from Christian persecution. Believe it or not, this argument has been given from a number of Christians in the comments, though not quite as amusingly as this:
120. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (I)
(1) Someone made fun of my faith.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
121. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (II)
(1) Jesus said that [...]
Today’s argument for the existence of God is from the lack of evidence of God:
138. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (I)
(1) I believe that if God exists, there will be no evidence for his existence.
(2) There is no evidence for the existence of God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
139. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (II)
(1) God, if [...]
Many Christians believe the reason there is evil in this world is because of “free will.” God didn’t want things this way — Adam & Eve disobeyed God by eating, and thus got us into the mess we’re in. God created a perfect world, but humanity screwed it up.
That explanation doesn’t make sense to Bart [...]
John Loftus proposes that religious insiders should test their own religious beliefs with the outsider test. He recently presented this argument to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, which is a brave deed. I’m amazed he got out alive.
What is the outsider test? It’ll take you 13 paragraphs to get to it, so I’ll highlight it for you:
The [...]
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