How to Drop the God/Atheism Debate
The reason such debates go nowhere, and what to do instead.
Getting Started….
If you’re an atheist, have you often gotten frustrated talking to believers? Have you wondered why they just don’t “get it”?
If you’re a Christian believer, have you had the exact same experience debating atheists?
That’s a strange juxtaposition of questions, I know. I’m talking to both of you.
Why are neither of you moved by the arguments and evidence brought to the table by the other? And what’s the most responsible, mature thing you can do?
The Arguments For God. And Against.
Philosophers have produced three classical arguments for God’s existence: the ontological, the cosmological, and the teleological.
The ontological argument tries to prove that God must exist because of the idea we have of God. The cosmological argument turns to first causes; something must have gotten this whole shebang in motion. The teleological argument points to the seeming design behind enormous complexity such as DNA and the human brain. A few other arguments have been put forth.
