Philosophy

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

 

Naturalism: Nontheism

Nontheism
- _definition and reply under construction_
Agnosticism

Soft Agnosticism is the belief that the existence or nonexistence of deities is currently unknown, but is not necessarily unknowable.
- reply under construction
Hard Agnosticism is the belief that one cannot know whether or not God exists.
- _reply under construction_

Atheism is _definition coming soon_ and is held by about 223 million people worldwide.
- Problem of evil
- "God" is meaningless
- Presumption of atheism
- Omnipotence problem
- Omniscience problem
- Moral autonomy
- Immortality
- _replies under construction_
Christian Thinktank, in the meantime, has an index of common objections, and its master topical index can be found here. There are tons of other sites that deal with these as well, which will be added.
Weak Atheism is the lack of belief in God, i.e. a weak atheist would say "I do not believe in God."
- reply under construction
Strong/Militant Atheism is the affirmative disbelief in God, i.e. a militant atheist would say "I believe there is no God."
- _strong atheist arguments and rebuttals under construction_

Atheists claim that the existence of evil is evidence against God, but there are several explanations for evil.
_reply to argument from evil under construction_
What about free will? How much evil should be stopped? Some evil can lead to the prevention of further evil, or it could be for the greater plan. Evil may exist for discipline and instruction, as the result of sin, to serve as a warning, to make a point, to allow sacrifice for as the demonstration of the greatest act of love, or we just don't know.

Anti-theism
- _reply under construction_



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