Difference between revisions of "Refutations of the Arguments for the Belief in God"

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*Argument from the meaning of life.
 
*Argument from the meaning of life.
 
*Argument from love.
 
*Argument from love.
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There are only 3 arguments used against critiques of religion: [Manual for creating atheists]
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1. Religion is true.
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2. Religion is useful.
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3. Atheism is morally and socially corrosive.

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  • First Mover (Kalām) Argument
  • Arguments from Design
  • Pascal’s Wager
  • The Ontological Argument
  • Argument from Common consent (e.g., the bandwagon; argumentum ad populum)
  • The existence of souls and the “spark of life”
  • Argument from the idea of God
  • Argument from contingency
  • Argument from miracles
  • Argument from time
  • Argument from religious experiences
  • Argument from desire
  • Existence of Moral law
  • Authority of the conscience
  • Existence of saints (Galilleo & Bruno? Are martyrs suicides?)
  • Argument from beauty
  • Argument from the meaning of life.
  • Argument from love.


There are only 3 arguments used against critiques of religion: [Manual for creating atheists] 1. Religion is true. 2. Religion is useful. 3. Atheism is morally and socially corrosive.