(November 21, 2016 at 1:17 am)theologian Wrote:(November 20, 2016 at 11:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Except, most atheists don't "deny" god(s), they simply lack both faith and evidence. The former lies inside them, but the paucity of evidence lies squarely on the shoulders of believers, of whatever stripe.
That's right. That's why I agree that before sharing the faith, theist must be able to demonstrate God's existence via human reason. And indeed theist can by using St. Thomas Aquinas' 5 ways. Hence, by way demonstration of by examining atheism per se, it follows that atheism is irrational.
The problem with this argument of yours is actually two-fold:
1) Reasoning is not evidence. It is abstract; evidence is concrete.
2) One cannot reason a fact into existence. Facts have a primacy all their own, and do not submit to reasoning.
When you have evidence, not reasoning alone, feel free to present it. Until then, replying to this post of mine is probably not very useful.
