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CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY
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There is no God
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This is not a logical position
to hold since to know there is no God means
the person would have to know all things to
know there is no God. Since he cannot know
all things (if he did he would be God), then
he cannot logically say there is no God.
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I believe there is no God
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To say "I believe there is no
God" is a conscious choice. Then, on
what do you base your choice: evidence,
logic, faith, or a combination of the three?
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If
evidence, then what positive evidence is
there that disproves God's existence?
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There
can be no such evidence since
evidence is physical in nature
(evidence is an effect and/or result
of something in reality). How could
evidence disprove God's existence
who is, by definition, the creator
of reality and separate from it?
(I am defending the Christian
God as revealed in the Bible).
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Testimony is admissible in court as
evidence, but no one can rightly
testify that God does not exist.
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If logic
then what logical proof do you have that
negates God's existence?
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At
best, logic can only disprove
theistic proofs. Disproving
theistic proofs does not mean there
is no God. It only means that the
proofs thus presented are
insufficient.
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Logic
can only disprove theistic proofs
that are presented and negating such
proofs is not a refutation of all
possible proofs since no one can
know or present all possible proofs
of God's existence. Therefore,
negation of proofs does not disprove
God's existence.
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If
there were a logical argument that
proved that God did not exist, it
either has not yet been made known.
If it were known then it would be in
use by atheists. But since no proof
of God's non-existence has been
successfully defended by atheists,
we can conclude that thus far, that
there are no logical proofs for
God's non-existence.
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If
faith alone, then the position is not
held by logic or evidence and is an
arbitrary position.
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If by
a combination of evidence, logic, and/or
faith, then according to the above
analysis, neither is sufficient to
validate atheism. A combination of
insufficient means does not validate
atheism.
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For someone to believe there is no God is to
hold that belief by faith since there is no
evidence that positively supports atheism
and there are no logical proofs that God
does not exist. It is, after all, virtually
impossible to prove a negative.
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There is no evidence for God
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This is not a logical position to hold
since to know there is no evidence for God's
existence necessitates that the person knows
all possible evidences for God's existence.
Since he cannot do this (if he did he would
be God), then he cannot logically say there
is no evidence for God.
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I have not seen sufficient evidence for God's
existence.
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To say you haven't seen sufficient
evidence for God's existence is a more
intellectually honest position, but it is
really a form of agnosticism which maintains
that God is not known or knowable while
admitting that the possibility of God's
existence.
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If a person has not seen sufficient
evidence for God, then it means he has not
yet seen all evidence and there might be
sufficient evidence. This would mean that
God may indeed exist and the person really
is an agnostic concerning God and his
atheist position is inconsistent with his
statement.
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I lack belief in God.
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To lack belief in God appears
to be a defensive position since the
assertive atheist positions are wrought with
logical problems (shown above). If the
atheist says he "lacks belief" in God, then
it appears its goal is to maintain a
position that is unattackable since then he
has no position to attack.
The problem is that "lacking belief" in
God is an intellectual position made by a
choice to "lack belief." Therefore, it is a
position since it is the result of a
choice. Any position held, must have
reasons or it is not a position. It would
be nothing. The atheist who asserts that he
lacks belief is asserting a position of lack
of belief.
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My cat lacks belief in God as
does my computer. Are they also atheists?
Therefore, simply lacking belief is not a
sufficient statement since it can include
animals and inanimate objects.
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If you say that "lacking
belief" refers only to yourself as a human
being, then see point A.
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I don't believe in God.
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Is this a choice you have made? If so,
why? What made you not believe in God?
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Is there an intelligent reason that you
do not believe in God? Can you please tell
me what it is?
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Naturalism is true; therefore, there is
no need for God.
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Naturalism is the belief that
all phenomena can be explained in terms of
natural causes and laws. If all things were
explainable through natural laws, it does
mean God does not exist since God is, by
definition, outside of natural laws since He
is the creator of them.
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Some might say that if all
things can be explained via natural laws,
then it means there is no evidence for God.
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But, can all things be
explained via naturalism? No, because
naturalism has not explained all
phenomena known today, nor can we assert
that all things in the future will be
explained via naturalism because we do
not know all phenomena that can and will
occur. Therefore, it is not a fact that
naturalism can explain all things.
Therefore, God is not negated via
naturalism.
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