Arguments Against Atheism
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As an atheist, you will occasionally meet a non-atheist who wishes to argue against your belief system. If you are interested in discussing the matter, you may want to prepare yourself by learning these simple responses to common anti-atheist arguments.
The Bible says that atheism is wrong.
"The Bible also says some guy's donkey talked."
If you believe in God and are wrong, then it's no big deal, but if you don't believe in God and are wrong, you'll be punished eternally, so it's not a good idea to be an atheist.
"What if you're wrong that God prefers unthinking self-righteous toadies to honest people who try and live a good life?"
Deep down you really believe in God.
"Deep down, you really don't believe that."
You're only saying you're an atheist to rebel against authority.
"And if the Beatles grew long hair to rebel against authority, then they really had no hair -- is that what you're saying?"
You probably are an atheist because you had a bad experience as a child.
"You probably worship God because you hate your real father."
There are no atheists in foxholes.
"Probably because we have less excuses to start wars."
If you don't believe in God, you'll go to Hell!
"If you don't stop believing in God right now, I'll punch you in the face."
Why are you mad at God?
"Because he's supposed to be all good but he doesn't even have the common decency to exist."
Atheists are Satanic.
"Just like theists are agnostic?"
Without God there is no morality.
"Are we talking about the God that ordered Moses to kill babies and asked people to set animals on fire because he liked the smell?"
God is perfect, and He couldn't be perfect if He didn't exist, which proves that He exists.
"No, it just proves he isn't perfect."
People who follow Jesus are good, so you should follow Jesus.
"Chemotherapy can cure cancer, so everyone should have chemotherapy."
Jesus was either a liar, a crazy person, or the son of God. He spoke against liars, and his behavior wasn't crazy, so the only remaining possibility is that he was the son of God.
"So you're telling me that if a polite, honest-looking, well-spoken, nicely dressed man walked up to you on the street and introduced himself as the earthly incarnation of God, you'd figure he probably is? Have you considered the possibility that you're the one who is crazy?"
There were eye witnesses that Jesus worked miracles.
"There are eye witnesses that Bigfoot exists, Uri Geller works miracles, and aliens abduct people."
Most people who know about Jesus believe in Him.
"If most people jumped off a bridge..."
I know from personal experience that God exists.
"No he doesn't. He told me so himself."
God wants you to believe in him without rational proof.
"Then he's certainly doing a fine job of not tempting me with evidence."
You say you don't believe that God exists, but the word "God" is meaningless if there is no such thing, so you are admitting that God exists even as you deny his existence.
"That reminds me, I don't believe you owe me $100."
Hitler was an atheist.
"I don't know about Hitler's religion, but I do know that he was heterosexual, so can I assume you're against that, too?"
Einstein believed in God. Do you think you're smarter than Einstein?
"If he believed in God, yes."
The founding fathers intended the United States to be a Christian nation. Atheists aren't welcome.
"Are you sticking with the whole 'slavery' thing, too?"
The universe is so complex that someone must have designed it.
"I don't know -- that sentence was fairly complex but there was obviously not much thought behind it."
Atheists believe in evolution, but if we teach our children evolution in public school they will believe that they are no better than animals and will grow up immoral.
"I've met public school children. Most of them aren't any better than animals."
Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics.
"No, but God does."
Well, evolution's only a theory.
"So's your old man."
How can you not believe in Jesus Christ when the evidence is overwhelming?
"Well, Jesus's divinity is only a theory."
There's proof that God exists, like the Bible and miracles.
"If your twenty-year-old son still believes in Santa Claus because he read a book about Santa visiting and presents magically appeared on Christmas morning when he was a child, would you praise him for having faith in the face of overwhelming evidence or call him an idiot?"
My parents raised me to believe in God. Are you calling my parents liars?
"Can we talk about the Tooth Fairy for a minute?"
There are so many wonderful things in the world, how can you say there is no God?
"It's really pretty easy: 'There is no god.' See?"
There is so much beauty in the world that only God could have created it.
"My wife's beautiful, and my mother-in-law made her."
If there is no Heaven, then where do you go when you die?
"The same place you were before you were conceived, I assume."
You can't prove God doesn't exist.
"So?"
You don't know everything.
"Do you?"
You can't see air, but you believe in it.
"I can't see ignorance, but I can smell it. Right now, in fact."
You can't see love, but you believe in it.
"And I agree that god, like love, is just a concept."
God made His image appear in this tortilla!
(Eats tortilla)
You call yourself an atheist but you have faith. Everyone has faith in something.
"I have faith that this conversation isn't going anywhere. Bye!"
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by George on -
"And I agree that god, like love, is just a concept."
Love is a complex behavioral / emotional phenomenon. It doesn't exist "just as a concept" like god does. -
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Permalink Reply by Rosemary LYNDALL WEMM on -
It is possible to measure emotions. It's tricky, but it can be done. No-one has found any way to measure god.
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Permalink Reply by Talmadge Kyle Whittaker on -
Hilarious.
"Atheists are Satanic.
"Just like theists are agnostic?"
I would like to make a little statement to this. In a sense Atheists are Satanic in that the Hebrew word satan means opposite, accuser, adversary, one who questions, etc. We atheists are just that. We oppose theistic beliefs. We put them to rational inquiry. when the are guilty of atrocities, we are there accusers.
Also, I believe Einstein was more Agnostic about God. I may be wrong on that though. -
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Permalink Reply by Michael on -
Thanks for reminding us of the original definition of satan. To most people (including me) the words "satan" and "devil" are interchangable, so it's handy to have this sort of background information - just in case somebody tries to use it against us.
Einstein clearly stated his disbelief in a personal god, and I'm fairly sure that whenever he used the word god, it was little more than a nickname for The Universe.
(just my interpretation) -
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Permalink Reply by Rosemary LYNDALL WEMM on
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Einstein was an odd kind of deist. He did not believe in a personal god. He was quite annoyed by people misquoting him. You'll find all the quotes via Google search on Einstein and god.
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Permalink Reply by Langston on -
I'm gonna be honest for a moment here. It is rare that I laugh out loud at much of anything I read on the Internet, unless it actually happens to be material constructed deliberately for comical purposes.
I read this and had a GOOD, hardy chuckle. I really did. It felt great. I'm TOTALLY gonna use this!! -
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Permalink Reply by D.O.S on -
I've always loved the three options for Jesus; liar, crazy, or son of god. For starters I've never actually heard a theist give any reasons the first two couldn't be true. If you read the Gospels he does say contradictory things which could mean he was a liar. He also behaves in unpredictable and at times down right irrational ways. It may not make him crazy but there is definitely enough to argue mental illness. And, of course, there is the never mentioned 4th option. Jesus never actually existed!
The Satan thing is amusing too. So much for monotheism. And don't you have to be Christian, Muslim, or Jewish in the first place to even have any sort of belief in Satan? -
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Permalink Reply by Johnny on -
There is also the possibility that he didn't lie, didn't call himself god, and the "disciples" wrote bedtime stories about him
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Permalink Reply by Randy Rose on -
If you believe in the xtian god, it would follow that you believe in satan, and that you also believe in angels. Then you go and throw Jesus and the holy ghost in the mix... you have a full on pantheon to rival the gods of Mt. Olympus.
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Permalink Reply by Johnny on
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These are hilarious. They're all great responses.I like my own response better to two of yours though:
"There were eye witnesses that Jesus worked miracles."
Then clearly, you would not object to me worshiping David Blaine. I've actually seen his "miracles" so we don't need to go into all this speculation about Jesus.
"Atheists believe in evolution, but if we teach our children evolution in public school they will believe that they are no better than animals and will grow up immoral."
The statistics disagree with you on atheist morality, but statistics and reasoning are the agents of Satan, so I'm sorry I tempted you. -
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Permalink Reply by Randy Rose on
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The Bible says that atheism is wrong.
"The Bible also says that angels, or Sons of God, flew down to earth and raped women to bore children who were heroes of renown (Genesis 6: 2-4), giants roamed the earth (Gen 6:4, Numbers 13:33), and that people who work on the Sabbath should be put to death (Exodus 35:2). ZING!" -
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Permalink Reply by Randy Rose on
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It should say either "and raped women to bear children" or "flew down to earth, raped women, and bore children...".
My bad! -
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