The Over-Generalization Of Atheists

I believe Atheism and Christianity both can agree on creation of universe but they disagree who is the creator and what created the creator, how did it happen in the beginning of the world? Christian believes in Jesus Christ by faith. In book of Genesis it says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth” This phrase shows that everything was created out of scratch and there was nothing at all before creation, in another words, God originated everything supernaturally. God created the material universe in six days.

In William L. Rowe 's paper "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism" he sets out to accomplish two main goals. The first goal is directed toward theists, while the second attempts to reach the very wellspring of an atheist 's heart. Foremost, Rowe sets out to show that there is "an argument for atheism based on the existence of evil that may rationally justify someone in being an atheist" (335). After he has effectively addressed this first issue he moves on to try and convince the atheist that in light of all the evidence that theists are rationally justified (just as much as the atheist) and therefore that atheists should subscribe to what Rowe calls "friendly atheism."

In the article “ On Being an Atheist,” H.J. McCloskey attempts to inform his readers that the belief in atheism is a “much more comfortable belief” by effectively using a disdainful rhetoric towards theists and their faith. McCloskey delves into both the Cosmological and Teleological arguments, which within he criticizes the arguments and to further his argument against theism, he also presents the Problem of Evil and why evil cannot possibly exist with a perfect God being the creator of universe. What will be displayed in this essay are the counter-arguments to McCloskey’s criticisms and the attempt to discredit his claims that regard the “comfortable” position that lies within atheism and its arguments.

In Atheism: The Case Against God, George H. Smith refutes arguments that many Theists use to try and prove God’s existence. One example of this is what he describes as “The Argument from Life.” This argument is often referred to as the fine-tuning argument as it argues that the Universe that humanity is a part of is so unlikely, it is as if it has been fine-tuned by a supernatural force. Although Smith argues against this claim using a variety of arguments, he is ultimately unsuccessful in refuting it because an intelligent designer is a better explanation for life than chance.

Atheism is just as misunderstood as theism in today’s realm, specifically when one is precarious of the other. Theists have some misunderstandings about atheism, but atheists have their specific misconceptions about theism. These two world understandings are two risky points-of-view regarding thoughts of God. Atheists do not trust that God exists, but theists believe in a God, who made the world and earth. In his article, “On Being an Atheist”, H.J. McCloskey tries to convince his listeners that Christianity is not an easy belief. He honors the three opinions that theists use to protect their belief as evidences. The three opinions are the cosmological argument, the teleological argument and the problem of evil. Even though these opinions

I gave you the details of the report commissioned by the BBC which stated the above, it’s still there read it yourself. don’t get all annoyed because you are part of mass murder- it goes like this atheism leads to mass murder, it does it by trying to reject God from society, first

As Christians we know evolution has long been a subject debated amongst Christians and evolutionist. We believe that God created all things in six days according to Genesis 1-11. Naturalism (atheism) believe out of nothing came the Big Bang, and billions of years of comic evolution. There are some evolutionist that even question the Big Bang for it points to a Creator.

I like the verse 1 John 5:13 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” Because this is why Jesus scarified his life for us, so we can have eternal life and he wants us to share with other people so they will know as well. Atheism live in what is happening now they don’t have any concern about the afterlife. I agree the Christian perspective about afterlife is quite like no other worldview. Christians have a loving father that wants the best for his children and made it possible for people to have eternal life for those who believe.

Agnostics—those that believe the existence of god cannot be known—are seen as indecisive. However, examining the conformability and history of agnosticism proves that the religion offers an impartial and beneficial view of faith.

McCloskey proposes: “No being who was perfect could have created a world in which there was unavoidable suffering or in which his creatures would (and in fact could have been created so as not to) engage in morally evil acts, acts which very often result in injury to innocent persons.” Taking this into consideration, when a being exalts good, than it eliminates evil to a point of a greater good or to cause a worse evil. Good that can be brought out of peoples actions outweighs the evil. Atheists attempt to argue with Christians that if there is a God, then there should never be an instance where he cannot be reached. Nevertheless, it is becoming acknowledged that God cannot do what we think is logically impossible. As a Christian, I know that God can do the impossible. I also know that God did not bring evil into this world, but when Adam and Eve sinned is what caused the evil to even start. McCloskey’s statement is an invalid argument.

One of the most common criticisms of atheism is that life can have no meaning without God-belief. I’ve always found this argument puzzling, because even if true, it does absolutely nothing to prove the existence of God. What the believer is saying is that God-belief gives him or her the feeling that life has meaning. Well, that’s great, but your feelings don’t prove anything.

A venomous breed of Atheists, known as Antitheists, not only believe that The Bible is untrue, they believe it is evil. How they come up with a philosophical basis for calling anything inherently evil is another matter altogether. They have proudly attacked The Bible’s credibility with vitriolic attempts to discredit its accuracy as a historical document while accusing its very teaching as incoherent. But it does not stop there. People like Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens have attacked the very nature of God; saying that God is an evil sadistic tyrant — the very One they say does not exist. Talk about incoherent. They love to lift examples out of context from books such as Deuteronomy they claim describe a God who condones the blatant annihilation of entire “innocent” societies.

The most interesting part last week was Dr. McDowell's videos. The Atheist Challenge was by far my favorite. One of the problems that we face today is the tendency to get defensive when our beliefs are being questioned. We sometimes forget that we are supposed to lovingly remind non-believers that having a close relationship with God is great and we want them to benefit from that relationship. Dismissing their beliefs because we feel they are wrong or lead the wrong lifestyle is only alienating them from the church. The fact of the matter is that no one likes when their beliefs are denegrated. We should try our best to be civil regardless of our differing beliefs. Common courtesy goes a long way. There were times that I wished he would stop

Society's definition of deviance has perhaps changed slightly since 1965, but not by a great deal. For example, atheists would probably be viewed as “deviant” by fewer people, including Christians and other religious people, simply because greater social contact with atheists has led to less stereotyping as deviant (Simmons, 1965). Many political extremists (with the exception of radical Islamists), communists, and beatniks are no longer viewed as threats to the United States' societal fabric, so they would probably be viewed as being less deviant than in the past (Simmons, 1965). On the other hand, the “war on drugs” has led to not only the criminalization of many actions that were seen as deviant but non-criminal in 1965, and there has also been an emerging portrayal of alcoholics and drug users as having an illness, which would mark them as deviants in terms of being criminals or people with untreated mental illnesses (Herd, 2011). The larger number of mentally ill people living on the streets would probably lead to both the mentally ill and homeless people (Gabow, 2011). There is also a misconception that drug and mental health programs are easily available to find and get into, especially for veterans and members of marginalized racial ethnic groups, which would only increase the belief that these individuals are deviant (Gabow, 2011). Sadly, religious, racial, and ethnic

Atheism is commonly divided into two groups; strong atheism and weak atheism. This distinction arises mainly from their understanding on the existence of gods.