We can’t say for certain that no god exists; especially since the term is so wide ranging (are we talking about a specific God? If so which one?) However, as there is no positive evidence for a god; that is specific objective evidence that everyone has access to – not ‘warm fuzzy feelings’, I don’t feel obligated to believe in one.

And to be honest, if the god of the bible were to prove his existence beyond all doubt, and confirm he was the god of the bible he would be the last entity I would worship. I mean, have you read about what that bloodthirsty, egotistical, homicidal, megalomaniac of a entity did in the bible? Readily admits that the small of burning flesh pleases him. Commands the killing of innocents. Wipes out the population of earth. Brings plagues. Try to total up all the evil that satan is responsible for and compare it to god. Thank god god doesn’t exist.

Pa-lease, stop drinking the kool-aid like a true believer!

If you would like to engage on an irenic level, and deal honestly with the opposing arguments, then please engage. One of the key components in academia is to present an opposing position in such a manner that best represents what they hold!

What are you trying to achieve? Convert the Christians?

This is not the place to throw out your sloganeering!

The first sentence is true.

The second is a question that asks: “why do (believers) care?” I’m not a beleiver, but my guess is that the so called new atheists, and also the counter appologists, enjoy bombarding believers with reality, some of which is so devastating that it makes beleivers into unbeleivers.

Your final sentence is a false analogy: You have “faith” in the existence of God because there is no evidence for his existence. Atheists do not practice faith. They have listened to the claims of religion about the existence of God, assessed the evidence that the like of William Lane Craig have put forward, they have read the books, and they have found the claims to be ridiculous. It’s not faith that drives atheists, its rationality, critical thinking, and reason.

I was not questioning the veracity of your statements in any way, but was merely having some fun with the two examples that you used that were referenced by “bear a” and “bear b”!

Why do we care?

The Great Commission?!

When it comes to advertising law you can’t say something is better than something else without enough proof to back in court, hence the word probably.

If a church decided to run an ad they could not say something like “Christ is better than Buddha” because in the eyes of ad law there is no proof either way and if someone complained the advert would be removed.

Its like saying TVNZ is better than TV3; there is now way of knowing.

Unfortunately belief shown in public is being bent by governments more and more. Atheists can believe what they want. Why do we seem to care so much? we have our faith and they have theirs.

Remember, Jesus is the Reason for this time in our cultural season!

Happy Yom Yeshua!

People can beleave what they like. But are bound by law to make religion happy.

Happy Solstice people.

i.e. an agnostic worldview.

No rational person would claim that they have the powers of omniscience required to know or flatly assert ‘there is no God’. (since omnicence is an exclusive attribute of deity in any case)
This is why they needed to (baselessly) redefine “atheism” to mean lacking belief in God/s ..which is tantamount to claiming agnosticism.

(Perhaps pride is the issue for some since agnosticism’s core meaning is to be an ‘ignoramus’,)

My pleasure! Great site!

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