RE: Arguments against existence of God.
December 4, 2018 at 4:58 pm
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2018 at 4:59 pm by Cherub786.)
A common argument from atheists against the existence of God, specifically directed against monotheistic religions, is that why does the cosmological argument point to your specific God and not the gods of pagan religions like Hinduism, Norse mythology, Greek mythology, etc.
Firstly, most of those "gods" as conceived by those pagan religions are not believed to be the creator of the universe, but demigods that are not eternal, not omnipotent, not omniscient, and not possessing creative abilities to create something from nothing. In Hindu philosophy for example, it is believe the cosmos is eternal and that matter is eternal, which is perpetually reorganized and reshaped but never creatio ex nihilo. None of their gods has the ability to create ex nihilo.
Other religions like Mormonism hold the doctrine of "exaltation" that all the "gods" were once mortal and they became divine.
Furthermore, our monotheistic belief is that God has no physical limited form or image. It is reasonable to believe that if there is a God Who created the universe ex nihilo is a God that transcends anthropomorphic qualities and limited forms. The images of the pagan gods as conceived by their respective pagan religions are derived from human imagination. It is an example of man creating god in his image.
So if you look at Thor, Ram, Zeus, Krisna, Siva, Ganesh, and even Jesus, these are example of pagan "gods" that have human forms, bodies, and limitations which rule them out as being the One God that created the universe ex nihilo, and Who is unlimited, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.
Firstly, most of those "gods" as conceived by those pagan religions are not believed to be the creator of the universe, but demigods that are not eternal, not omnipotent, not omniscient, and not possessing creative abilities to create something from nothing. In Hindu philosophy for example, it is believe the cosmos is eternal and that matter is eternal, which is perpetually reorganized and reshaped but never creatio ex nihilo. None of their gods has the ability to create ex nihilo.
Other religions like Mormonism hold the doctrine of "exaltation" that all the "gods" were once mortal and they became divine.
Furthermore, our monotheistic belief is that God has no physical limited form or image. It is reasonable to believe that if there is a God Who created the universe ex nihilo is a God that transcends anthropomorphic qualities and limited forms. The images of the pagan gods as conceived by their respective pagan religions are derived from human imagination. It is an example of man creating god in his image.
So if you look at Thor, Ram, Zeus, Krisna, Siva, Ganesh, and even Jesus, these are example of pagan "gods" that have human forms, bodies, and limitations which rule them out as being the One God that created the universe ex nihilo, and Who is unlimited, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.
