Most challenging arguement you have faced?

[Laurens]

I was wondering if any of you have ever had a particularly challenging arguement against your atheism, from a theist?

If so what was it? How did you respond?

I personally have never encountered a challenging arguement. Perhaps there is none. I'm just curious.

Laurens

[Minimalist]

No.

At some point it always comes down to "my god is real and all the others aren't."

Somehow, that is a terribly unconvincing argument to use to persuade.

[Tiberius]

Arguments like TAG and the modern Ontological argument are challenging because whilst they are quite obviously fallacious, it is often harder to say why.

As Bertrand Russell wrote (in regards to the Ontological argument):

"The argument does not, to a modern mind, seem very convincing, but it is easier to feel convinced that it must be fallacious than it is to find out precisely where the fallacy lies."

[Laurens]

I personally find questions about abiogenesis difficult, but only because I don't know enough about it to speak articulately on the subject. I don't find the issue challenging to my atheism at all, just difficult to explain in an arguement.

[Rev. Rye]

Well, at Notre Dame, I was given an argument that claims that Catholic Priests were the survivors closest to the epicenter of the Hiroshima bombing. It was difficult to find anything about the incident, but this was what I found.

[fr0d0]

Theistic and non theistic rationalism is equally matched. There are no convincing arguments for either side.

[tavarish]

Theistic and non theistic rationalism is equally matched. There are no convincing arguments for either side.

All aboard the crazy train.

[Zen Badger]

Well, at Notre Dame, I was given an argument that claims that Catholic Priests were the survivors closest to the epicenter of the Hiroshima bombing. It was difficult to find anything about the incident, but this was what I found.

If god is so great why didn't he just stop the bomb from exploding at all?

Now that would have been a miracle.

Remembering that Hiroshima was one of the most christian cities in Japan.

[fr0d0]

All aboard the crazy train.

If you're that convinced by your arguments then you have truly earned a place on that train.

[LukeMC]

I'm with Adrian on this one. The TAG argument was definitely the toughest cookie I've ever had the displeasure of trying to chew. And if I'm openly honest about it, I still haven't concretely made up my mind about it and hope for the debate to reignite here sometime.