Wise Words on Wednesday: An atheist tells it how it is
“How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate someone to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?”
Penn Jillette (Atheist)
Tag: Atheist
PWJ: S1E8 – MC B2C1 – “The Rival Conceptions Of God”
With Book I of “Mere Christianity” complete, we now move on to Book II! Having concluded that the Moral Law points to God, C.S. Lewis now examines the “Rival Conceptions of God”.
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Episode 8: “Rival Conceptions of God” (Download)
Debate: Does God exist?
It has been a while since I’ve posted a debate between a Christian and Atheist. This is one which took place a couple of months ago between David Wood and Michael Shermer:
The Moral Argument
Before I took a break for Advent I posted a quotation from Ravi Zacharias which related to what is known as “The Moral Argument” for the existence of God. I had intended to do a longer post on this subject at some point in the future because I think it’s one of the more interesting arguments in favour of theism.
While on Facebook these last few weeks, I was talking with an atheist and, try as I might, I couldn’t get him to even understand the argument itself.
Was I saying that atheists couldn’t tell the difference between right and wrong? No.
Was I saying that atheists were incapable of doing good deeds? No.
In the end I found the following video from Reasonable Faith. Although it didn’t appear to help in that particular conversation, I think it’s one of the most accessible explanations of this argument for the existence of God: