The great atheist questionnaire....
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:54 pm
Hello everyone this is for all the atheist regulars here. I'm wanting to use this thread more of as a learning tool for me and for anyone here who wants to learn more about the atheist side. I'm not wanting to debate per se, I just want to ask a few questions and get their side of the story. This also may be a good opportunity for atheists to learn some more about their side as well. So with other further waiting, here are the questions....
1. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for atheism? This can be for philosophical atheism, positive atheism, negative atheism, evidential atheism, whichever version is your favorite and or most convincing.
2. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for naturalism? This can be for philosophical naturalism, evidential naturalism, or any version of naturalism or philosophy that seeks to show that the natural realm is all there is (i.e. there is no supernatural)
3. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for macro evolution?
4. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences against Christian theism?
5. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences against generic theism and or deism?
6. How do you think the universe began? Do you think it is eternal or do you think it had a beginning (if you think it had a beginning what do you think is the best naturalistic theory or explanation for it)?
7.What are your favorite and or most convincing responses to common Christian theistic arguments? They are as follows...
Cosmological
Ontological
Transcendental
Moral
Design
Fine Tuneing
Archeological evidence that verifies people,places etc from the Bible
(any other argument that I haven't listed)
Resurrection of Christ
Question 8: What pro atheist books or materials would you recommend?
Question 9: What other arguments, evidences, responses, or comments would you like to add that may or may not applies to the above questions?
Anyway, that's about all the questions I have currently, think carefully for the answers and post a great response. I look forward to hearing from you all and for hearing your great responses. Thank you all for your time and take care.
PS...
Here are the best answers that I've come across thus far to these questions...
question 1: The problem of evil, The question of where did God come from, the impossibility of miracles, darwinian evolution, and quantum mechanics.
question 2: darwinian evolution, big bang, quantum mechanics, and lack of proof of the supernatural
question 3: dna, fossil record, human/chimp/ape close resemblances and genetic makeup, junk dna, ring species, and the fact that the majority of scientists adhere to darwinian evolution.
question 4: Lack of supernatural evidence (especially in modern recent times i.e. no credible video or photographic proof of the supernatural), evidence of similar competing religions ie mitharis, gnosticism, and the many alternative naturalistic theories to Christ's resurrection.
question 5: Many of the above answers that apply to the above questions can also work well in attempting to disprove deism, just lack of supernatural evidence or "god (s) activity"
question 6: The universe could easily be either eternal or seemingly self create itself from quantum particles, foam, activity, multi verse or from some other unknown or undiscovered natural law or mechanism.
question 7:
cosmological response: quantum mechanics or some other unknown undiscovered natural mechanism could easily refute the cosmological argument
ontological response: a god creating machine or a eternal group of gods may be a even greater idea or concept than a single creator God
transcendental response: Logical absolutes simply exist, they are axioms, they are conventions, they are uncaused, they are eternal, and there are different kinds of logic.
moral response: evidence from evolutionary psychology that may show that morals change over time and or products of a changing society (ies) and that there are no objective moral standards
design response: the design is merely an illusion,evidence for macro evolution, co option, and and it begs the question of who created God
fine tuneing response: other earth like planets that may house life, life on other planets like Mars, and evidence for abiogenesis (IE Stanley Miller experiment) show that life and the right conditions are not as fine tuned as one may think
archeological evidence response: Even though many people, places have been confirmed much still has not been confirmed, and no solid evidence for the supernatural events currently exists in archeology.
Resurrection of Christ response: popular alternative theories like the swoon theory, wrong tomb theory, conspiracy theory, and the myth theory.
question 8: Top books would be anything by Anthony Flew, Dawkins's greatest show on earth, God the failed hypothesis by Victor Stenger, and anything by Jean Paul Sarte
This is the best stuff I've come across thus far, let me know if you would like to elaborate, add, or contribute anything else. Thanks again.
1. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for atheism? This can be for philosophical atheism, positive atheism, negative atheism, evidential atheism, whichever version is your favorite and or most convincing.
2. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for naturalism? This can be for philosophical naturalism, evidential naturalism, or any version of naturalism or philosophy that seeks to show that the natural realm is all there is (i.e. there is no supernatural)
3. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences for macro evolution?
4. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences against Christian theism?
5. What are your favorite and or most convincing arguments and evidences against generic theism and or deism?
6. How do you think the universe began? Do you think it is eternal or do you think it had a beginning (if you think it had a beginning what do you think is the best naturalistic theory or explanation for it)?
7.What are your favorite and or most convincing responses to common Christian theistic arguments? They are as follows...
Cosmological
Ontological
Transcendental
Moral
Design
Fine Tuneing
Archeological evidence that verifies people,places etc from the Bible
(any other argument that I haven't listed)
Resurrection of Christ
Question 8: What pro atheist books or materials would you recommend?
Question 9: What other arguments, evidences, responses, or comments would you like to add that may or may not applies to the above questions?
Anyway, that's about all the questions I have currently, think carefully for the answers and post a great response. I look forward to hearing from you all and for hearing your great responses. Thank you all for your time and take care.
PS...
Here are the best answers that I've come across thus far to these questions...
question 1: The problem of evil, The question of where did God come from, the impossibility of miracles, darwinian evolution, and quantum mechanics.
question 2: darwinian evolution, big bang, quantum mechanics, and lack of proof of the supernatural
question 3: dna, fossil record, human/chimp/ape close resemblances and genetic makeup, junk dna, ring species, and the fact that the majority of scientists adhere to darwinian evolution.
question 4: Lack of supernatural evidence (especially in modern recent times i.e. no credible video or photographic proof of the supernatural), evidence of similar competing religions ie mitharis, gnosticism, and the many alternative naturalistic theories to Christ's resurrection.
question 5: Many of the above answers that apply to the above questions can also work well in attempting to disprove deism, just lack of supernatural evidence or "god (s) activity"
question 6: The universe could easily be either eternal or seemingly self create itself from quantum particles, foam, activity, multi verse or from some other unknown or undiscovered natural law or mechanism.
question 7:
cosmological response: quantum mechanics or some other unknown undiscovered natural mechanism could easily refute the cosmological argument
ontological response: a god creating machine or a eternal group of gods may be a even greater idea or concept than a single creator God
transcendental response: Logical absolutes simply exist, they are axioms, they are conventions, they are uncaused, they are eternal, and there are different kinds of logic.
moral response: evidence from evolutionary psychology that may show that morals change over time and or products of a changing society (ies) and that there are no objective moral standards
design response: the design is merely an illusion,evidence for macro evolution, co option, and and it begs the question of who created God
fine tuneing response: other earth like planets that may house life, life on other planets like Mars, and evidence for abiogenesis (IE Stanley Miller experiment) show that life and the right conditions are not as fine tuned as one may think
archeological evidence response: Even though many people, places have been confirmed much still has not been confirmed, and no solid evidence for the supernatural events currently exists in archeology.
Resurrection of Christ response: popular alternative theories like the swoon theory, wrong tomb theory, conspiracy theory, and the myth theory.
question 8: Top books would be anything by Anthony Flew, Dawkins's greatest show on earth, God the failed hypothesis by Victor Stenger, and anything by Jean Paul Sarte
This is the best stuff I've come across thus far, let me know if you would like to elaborate, add, or contribute anything else. Thanks again.