God or Atheism — Which Is More Rational?
The conclusion that God exists doesn't require faith. Atheism requires faith.
The conclusion that God exists doesn't require faith. Atheism requires faith.
In public debates, several outspoken "new atheists" have recently made cutting thrusts at those who know God, especially at Christians.
This is one of several instalments in conversation with some of the New Atheists. The four objections below come from Christopher Hitchens, in a live debate with Dinesh D'Souza.
The following objections were raised by Christopher Hitchens in a live debate with Dinesh D'Souza. Most of them were asides, which Dinesh wisely did not allow to distract him in pursuit of larger issues.
Over the last several years I have encountered a fair number of Christians who claim they are "spiritual but not religious."
Why is it so difficult to speak up, and why do so many prefer to keep quiet?
It is simply impossible to agree on ethics, on how to act, on what is good and what is not, if you disagree about metaphysics or anthropology. And since ethics is unavoidable, so is anthropology.
Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Liebniz, and William Lane Craig provide famous reasons to believe that God exists. Less well known is a way proposed by the African intellectual Augustine.