(June 8, 2015 at 2:21 pm)robvalue Wrote: That's a strawman, most atheists do not assume there is no god. You're also conflating atheism with scepticism, as well as assumptions with conclusions.
Please take the time to learn the differences, I have information on my website:
http://robvalue.wix.com/atheism#!what-is-atheism/c57k
http://robvalue.wix.com/atheism#!what-at...s-not/ceob
One thing you are right about is that apologetics is only convincing to someone who already believes, because it is either not logically sound or requires unfounded assumptions. Someone interested in truth should try and assume as little as possible, and draw conclusions from the available evidence.
Thank you for the correction. Broad and narrow definitions aside, my point was that atheists start from a different place than a Christian when examining theological (or any number of other) questions. It is not as simple as "ah-ha, I'll get them to reject Christianity if I ask questions A, B, and C and they will see how absurd their belief is."