Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Hi Tim,
ReplyDeleteAnd yet each of these five ways is fatally flawed and easily refuted.
Christianity is like a big comfy cable knit sweater. It may look good on you, and may be very useful in keeping you warm, but just pull at one stitch and it soon unravels.
If these 5 ways are the best reasons for belief, then no reasonable person should be convinced.
Happy to show you how any of these "ways" is easily unravelled.
Cheers...Martin
I must agree with Martin. Even myself with only a handful of university philosophy, can find serious errors in them.
ReplyDeleteBesides I thought if one could prove God's existence, then faith would be unnecessary and then the triptych of faith, hope and love would be missing a frame and fall over.
Michael
Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteI too have only a handful of university philosophy courses under my belt. Nevertheless, I would like to take a crack at refuting one of these “5 ways”.
Past experience has taught me however, that deflating one bad argument in favour of god's existence will not dissuade the ardent Christian apologist. They simply dig deeper into their bag of rhetorical tricks and either present a spurious refinement, or they trot out an entirely “new” argument. There is simply no end to the number of bad arguments in favour of god’s existence.
So before I begin, I ask this blog’s readership to indicate the single strongest argument in favour of god’s existence. Is it one of the five ways from the article above, or is it something else entirely?
Here is the challenge: Give me the best rational argument in favour of god’s existence, and I will fairly examine it and point out its flaws, limitations or fallacies (if any).
Cheers…Martin