RE: Another apologist with his "clever" questions
October 25, 2016 at 5:22 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2016 at 5:23 pm by Lek.)
(October 25, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: 1. If there is no God, “the big questions” remain unanswered
And that's OK. It's perfectly OK in science to say "We don't know." It's also perfectly OK to have unanswered questions because attempting to answer those questions is what drives discovery.
2. If we reject the existence of God, we are left with a crisis of meaning
Only to those who derive their entire meaning based upon religious belief. The rest of us make our own meaning in our lives.
3. When people have embraced atheism, the historical results can be horrific
Not any worse than religious strife, such as the crusades, religious defense of slavery, the Holocaust, constant turmoil in the Middle East, sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, terrorism, etc. The simple fact is that sometimes humans act horribly toward other groups of humans. Neither religion nor atheism is ever going to stop it.
4. If there is no God, the problems of evil and suffering are in no way solved
They don't appear to be solved with a god, either.
5. If there is no God, we lose the very standard by which we critique religions and religious people
Not really. We can still critique them on their actions, which is all we as humans should critique others for. I don't care what someone else believes as long as they are good to other people.
6. If there is no God, we don’t make sense
This is nothing more than a false dilemma. Science makes plenty of sense while being completely secular with no religious belief of magic or woo allowed.
Religious apologists still come up with ridiculous arguments as to why there just has to be a god. Unfortunately they're invariably always from a religious viewpoint and assumption that God already exists.
Which all ends up with the same question - does God exist or not? I guess we all just have to make that decision for ourselves.
