Hello, Christian here.
Welcome to Christian Mission.
Whatever integrity and legitimacy atheism may have historically had
has been utterly and completely
DESTROYED!!!
It's best...
It's BEST
supporting arguments
demolished
by a revolution
in theist thought beginning in the latter half of the 20th century,
led by intellectuals like
Michael Behe
Francis Collins
William Lane Craig
William Dembski
John Lennox
Alister McGrath
Alvin Plantinga
John Polkinghorne
Hugh Ross
Richard Swinburne
to name but a few.
True atheism affirms there is no God,
as most philosophy dictionaries and encyclopedias make clear.
For example, Rutledge and Stanford.
If you don't make this claim, you're not an atheist
Sorry folks, YOU'RE NOT!
Rather than admit their belief indefensible and defeated,
most atheists today, especially the new atheist movement
play deceitful and dishonest game of semantics,
championing a revisionist atheism defined simply as the lack of belief in God.
Atheism thus turns from an intellectual position
concerned primarily with advancing the positive claim
about God's non-existence
to a trivial
non-intellectual
psychological state
whose adherents make no such claim,
but rather simply do not believe, hold no belief or lack belief in God,
which can tell us nothing about whether or not God exists,
and in fact becomes neutral on the issue.
In reality, those holding to this revisionist atheism
DON'T simply lack belief in God;
they adorn it, believing it allows them to advance claims
made by True atheism , but without the need to
intellectually and epistemically support them.
Sometimes, these atheists directly state God does not exist,
as done by the American American.
Most times such claims are made
indirectly,
primarily by proclaiming God-affirming arguments and beliefs
and those who hold them
illogical, irrational and wrong.
This is often done by angry, vitriolic, hyperbolic
and fallacious attacks, as if this is supposed to validate such claims.
Even the philosophically in neutral, like agnostics,
are many times the target of these atheists'
pseudo-intellectual wrath.
Such declarations, though, can hold any validity
only if God's existence is
entirely implausible or if God does not exist,
but are invalid if God's existence is plausible or if God exists
something can only be irrational, illogical or wrong to affirm true
or possibly true,
if it's shown to be implausible or untrue in some way
This does not have to be direct,
mathematical or scientific evidence,
but can, for example, be shown using logic,
like a detective may do to prove his case.
In short, atheists claim that God-affirming beliefs are
irrational, illogical and wrong, which is
equal to the positive climb that God does not exist
or it's at least a strong statement of the
implausibility of His existence which require either way,
to be taken seriously or
or accepted as a legitimate
philosophical, intellectual position
beyond the individual or group level,
a reasoned, valid, intellectual defense
something most atheists are uninterested in doing.
These atheists believe
revisionist atheism absolves them of any
intellectual and epistemic responsibility
for logical reasoned arguments defending their positions
These atheists' tactic is simply,
on one hand, empty posturing and rhetoric,
on the other, it is the atheists
trying to
mendaciously redefine terms and debate rules
to shift the burden of proof on to those who hold
God exists
enabling these ages to get away with
anything they want to say without being intellectually responsible for it.
It is a dishonest, invalid and fallacious strategy
making atheists look cowardly, weak and defeated,
and atheism an untenable empty position and worldview.
Which it is!
The atheist is
responsible for providing some type of
reasoned, valid, logical argument for his position.
The question was and remains: Is there a God?
The burden of proof for which falls
evenly between those who affirm He exists
and those who affirm He does not exist,
whether the latter affirmation is direct or indirect
Thus, it falls evenly between the atheists and theist.
Today's atheism does nothing to tackle this question
They may not admit it, but atheists probably know God is not only logically possible
but that He does indeed exist,
something they don't want.
Like I said,
advancements in modern theist thought
and in philosophy and science, generally,
have made acceptance of and belief in God's reality
more rational and logical
than ever before.
Even Dawkins has had to admit a
strong argument can be made for a deist God,
quite a concession from someone of his stature among atheists.
Atheists may proclaim their rational, scientific and intellectual superiority
but in reality offer
NOTHING!
Until next time, God bless you.
