Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Aaaaaaand the last ones. Finally! I could feel my braincells dying one by one reading these questions.

41. There are many skeptics who didn’t believe in Jesus before his crucifixion, and who were opposed to Christianity, yet turned to the Christian faith after the death of Jesus. Just as the many who continue to do so today.

The existence of converts is not evidence for the existence of god. Just like the existence of people who think aliens exist is not evidence for the existence of aliens.

42. Albert Einstein said; “A legitimate conflict between science & religion cannot exist. Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind”.

"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. 'If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it'." - Albert Einstein

43. A speaker in Hyde Park who was attacking belief in God, claimed that the world just happened. As he spoke, a soft tomato was thrown at him. “Who threw that?” He said angrily. A cockney from the back of the crowd replied; “No-one threw it – it threw itself!”

An unsubstantiated anecdotal account of a suicidal self-propelled vegetable is not evidence for the existence of god. Duh.

44. It is easier to believe that God created something out of nothing than it is to believe that nothing created something out of nothing.

It's easier to believe that subatomic things are either particles or waves. It's also wrong - subatomic things have properties of both waves and particles. Just because something is easier to believe doesn't make it correct.

45. Stephen Hawkins [sic] has admitted; “Science may solve the problem of how the universe began, but it cannot answer the question: why does the universe bother to exist?”

Where did he admit this? And the bible says nothing of why the universe was created either. At least science has an approximately accurate view on when and how the universe began.

46. We cannot confuse God with man. With God in the equation, all things, including miracles are possible. If God is God, he is Creator of all, inclusive of scientific law. He is Creator of matter & spirit.

So? That's just circular reasoning - you assume that god exists and try to use that to prove that god exists.

47. If we are the product of evolution – by sheer accident, chance, then we are still evolving. Does it just so happen that we exist here today with everything so finely tuned for our living. as we now have it?

This again.

48. Could it possibly be that the missing link does not exist?!

Many different species of what we think of as 'missing links' have already been found. Besides, this just goes back to the "Evolutionary theory might not be right (even though it is), therefore God" argument that's been popping up all the time.

49. God has proved himself to us in numerous ways, all around us. The atheist needs to put his glasses on. What more can God possibly do if man has shut his eyes to him?

Why doesn't he simply do something to prove his existence? As we've seen so far, to call the evidence incredibly paltry is to exaggerate to the extreme! Many of these arguments are based on logical fallacies or are just outright attacks!

50.Jesus Christ is either who he says he is, or he is the biggest con man history has ever known.

Or, he was partially or wholly fictional, maybe?

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