There are people of different religious beliefs, but their arguments are the same.
"Complex and intelligently designed things need an intelligent designer. Something can't emerge from nothing."
- Who created god then? Oh yes, I know, god has no beginning and hence always existed. But what is his power and intelligence based on? Why does he have the power and intelligence he has? What condition is it based on, that there is only one, your specific god, and not 5 gods, 10 gods or 29403 gods, who always existed, each having their own properties? A super complex and powerful being which god is, needs no cause at all, but a far less complex Universe can't exist with a cause that isn't of intelligent nature?
"What if god exists and you go to hell for being an atheist?"
- Well, what if you got the wrong religion and go to hell for believing in the wrong religion?
"I am confident, that my religion is the right one, I can feel it."
- People of different religions say the same, obviously not all of them can be right at the same time, where is the objectivity?
"My religious texts are consistent while the texts of other religions are not and are full of flaws. Furthermore, the texts of my religion hold clear evidence of historical or even scientific nature that can't be denied."
- You can find clerics of different religions, who will find "clear" evidence for the accuracy of their religion, while being well able to disprove that same "clear" evidence of clerics of other religions. There are Islamic clerics, who will show you clear evidence of scientific nature in the Quran while proving, that the evidence Christian clerics came up with for their religion is false for obvious reasons. While Christian clerics will show you their obvious evidence and prove the evidence of Islamic clerics wrong. Again, where is the objectivity?
People of different religions with the same arguments.
"Complex and intelligently designed things need an intelligent designer. Something can't emerge from nothing."
- Who created god then? Oh yes, I know, god has no beginning and hence always existed. But what is his power and intelligence based on? Why does he have the power and intelligence he has? What condition is it based on, that there is only one, your specific god, and not 5 gods, 10 gods or 29403 gods, who always existed, each having their own properties? A super complex and powerful being which god is, needs no cause at all, but a far less complex Universe can't exist with a cause that isn't of intelligent nature?
"What if god exists and you go to hell for being an atheist?"
- Well, what if you got the wrong religion and go to hell for believing in the wrong religion?
"I am confident, that my religion is the right one, I can feel it."
- People of different religions say the same, obviously not all of them can be right at the same time, where is the objectivity?
"My religious texts are consistent while the texts of other religions are not and are full of flaws. Furthermore, the texts of my religion hold clear evidence of historical or even scientific nature that can't be denied."
- You can find clerics of different religions, who will find "clear" evidence for the accuracy of their religion, while being well able to disprove that same "clear" evidence of clerics of other religions. There are Islamic clerics, who will show you clear evidence of scientific nature in the Quran while proving, that the evidence Christian clerics came up with for their religion is false for obvious reasons. While Christian clerics will show you their obvious evidence and prove the evidence of Islamic clerics wrong. Again, where is the objectivity?
People of different religions with the same arguments.
