Atheism and Theism

YOUTUBE:  The Argument from Reason  (05 December 2012)

"Many atheists believe that argumentation can prove that God doesn't exist. But if Naturalism is true, human reasoning ability is unreliable on a fundamental level and can't prove anything, let alone theological or metaphysical claims. Hence, naturalism is self-refuting, for it undermines any confidence we might have in our ability to defend it. If we are to trust our reasoning ability, it must be grounded in something other than random mutation and natural selection. Theism offers such a foundation..."

Atheism and the 'Sceptic's Dilemma'

YOUTUBE:  The Problem of Evil and the Skeptic's Dilemma  (18 June 2015)

"The Argument from Evil (Problem of Evil) is the most important argument against theism. But are atheists consistent when they use this argument? In this lecture, David Wood shows that atheists often employ an inconsistent methodology when they examine arguments for and against the existence of God. Demanding consistency, however, puts atheists in a dilemma (the 'Skeptic's Dilemma')..."

Atheism and Science

YOUTUBE:  God, Science, and Atheism  (11 December 2015)

"As Dr. Lawrence Principe notes, 'The idea that scientific and religious camps have historically been separate and antagonistic is rejected by all modern historians of science.'  Nevertheless, the idea that science and religion are in conflict remains extremely popular, thanks to certain politically motivated works written in the 1800s and a variety of more recent claims (most notably by the 'new atheists'). Yet even a brief consideration of the views of the leaders of the scientific revolution and of history's most important scientists shows not only that belief in God is quite prevalent among scientists, but also that it has been a driving force in their discoveries. This video presents a number of quotes to illustrate the truth about the relationship between science and religion..."

Atheism: the New Atheists

Dawkins's Deluded New Atheist Thinking Doesn't Shine a Light on Anything  (09 August 2018)

"Richard Dawkins is ... a High Priest of the New Atheist movement. That label is appropriate; the movement has its own ecclesiology and is grounded in some eminently contestable articles of faith. And it is rigorous in its enforcement of the First Commandment. Dawkins's book The God Delusion is a primary text of the New Atheism. ... It is a curious book ... difficult to work out whether Dawkins is angrier at the religious for their faith or at God for his non-existence..."

Can An Atheist Be A Thinker?  (02 August 2017)

"This question inevitably pops up every time Richard Dawkins makes the news. My answer remains the same: probably not. Dawkins certainly isn't. An atheist may be a clever chap, but a thinker picks up where a clever chap leaves off. He makes that critical next step from particular to universal thought, from analysis to synthesis, from empirical facts to the underlying causes..."

YOUTUBE:  Atheism, Islam, and the Dawkins Dilemma  (26 October 2016)

"According to Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins, 'We are machines for propagating DNA, and the propagation of DNA is a self-sustaining process. It is every living object's sole reason for living.'  However, since atheist fertility rates are among the world's lowest, while Muslim fertility rates are the world's highest, it seems that atheism keeps humans from fulfilling their purpose, while Islam helps humans fulfil their purpose. This leads to the odd conclusion that if making copies of DNA is our fundamental purpose, Richard Dawkins should convert to Islam!..."

Atheism and the Value of Human Life

Lessons from Little Charlie Gard  (26 July 2017)

"The cheapening of the value of human life ... does not arise out of a vacuum. Bad ideas lead to bad consequences, and bad ideas about what it is to be human will result in some really ugly consequences ... A materialist worldview and a low view of life will readily lead to ... experts telling us who should live and who should die. ... The culture of death goes hand in hand with the naturalistic worldview. And we see that reflected in our media as well. One article which just appeared makes this very telling observation:..."

Peter Singer's Bold Defence of Infanticide  (16 April 2009)

"In 1993, ethicist Peter Singer shocked many Americans by suggesting that no newborn should be considered a person until 30 days after birth and that the attending physician should kill some disabled babies on the spot..."

The Greatest Killer  (No Date)

"The 20th Century has been the bloodiest century in all of history. And humanism has proven to be the most destructive religion of all time. Far more people have been killed in the name of Atheism than by all other religions combined ... Darwinian evolution with its 'survival of the fittest' ideology has devalued human life. If man is not created in the image of God, and if there is no God in heaven Who will judge the living and the dead, if there are no objective standards of right and wrong - then life becomes cheap ... When atheism takes hold of a society, moral relativism is inevitable..."

Atheism and Mass Murder  (Page Periodically Updated)

"It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic communism have caused the deaths of somewhere between 40,472,000 and 259,432,000 human lives. ... there are causal links between mass murder and atheism ...

• Lack of recognition of an ultimate judge of moral actions and a judge who sets injustice aright in a last judgement, and thus do not recognise the immorality of murder;
• Lack of seeing the importance of human beings as images of God and so easily discarding them as merely material things, products of mere chance;
• lack of acknowledging an external standard of moral perfection, thus ending up with self-created standards which can include killing for political survival;
• Absence of guidance by divine revelation of the moral law, such as 'Thou shalt not kill';
• Following an ethic of atheistic evolutionism that is based on the survival and victory of the fittest, which is ultimately a bloodthirsty ethic - an ethic that is eager to kill and to maim. This ethic is about conquering others rather than self-conquest;
• The intolerance of many atheists..."

Thus saith the LORD,
Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way,
and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls
(Jeremiah 6:16)

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