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WHAT IS
AN ATHEIST?

And what does it mean to be atheist?

WHATS IN A WORD
All Definitions Matter
DEFINITION OF
AN ATHEIST
EVERYONE IS IGNORANT ABOUT
SOMETHING
YOURE BEING SO CLOSED MINDED!

GOD EXISTS. HERES WHY..

Apologetics 101


THE EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE!

NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE CANT BE WRONG

NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!

THE UNIVERSE IS BIG/COMPLEX/PRETTY

Appeal to design (teleological argument)

First used by William Paley in the 18th century.
 Deductive version:
a1) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
a2) The order* in any object originates from an external source.
THE LOGIC OF
a3) There is no other external source of order* other than a
designer,
DESIGN
a4) An object X (for instance, an eye or the whole universe) is
ordered*. Short version:
c1) X was designed. 1. Everything we've seen that looks
c2) Therefore a designer of object X exists. designed has a designer. (Axiom)

* or have purpose, complexity, beauty, etc. characteristic of

design. 2. The Universe looks like it has
been designed. (Axiom)
Analogical (inductive) version:
a5) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
3. Therefore the Universe must
a6) A certain object X (for instance, an eye or the whole have a designer. (From 2 & 3)
universe) is also ordered*.
a7) By analogy human objects are similar to object X, and the 4. This designer is God.
causes must be the same.
c3) X was designed
c4) Therefore a designer of object X exists.
LOGIC IS THE BASIS FOR EVERY
PREDICTION EVER MADE.
Therefore, any argument adhering to logic must be
correct.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOGIC
Here he goes..
 Deductive version:
a1) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
a2) The order* in any object originates from an external source.
THE LOGIC OF
a3) There is no other external source of order* other than a
designer,
DESIGN
a4) An object X (for instance, an eye or the whole universe) is
ordered*. Short version:
c1) X was designed. 1. Everything we've seen that looks
c2) Therefore a designer of object X exists. designed has a designer. (Axiom)

* or have purpose, complexity, beauty, etc. characteristic of

design. 2. The Universe looks like it has
been designed. (Axiom)
Analogical (inductive) version:
a5) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
3. Therefore the Universe must
a6) A certain object X (for instance, an eye or the whole have a designer. (From 2 & 3)
universe) is also ordered*.
a7) By analogy human objects are similar to object X, and the 4. This designer is God.
causes must be the same.
c3) X was designed
c4) Therefore a designer of object X exists.

HOLY CRAP! I JUST PROVED GOD EXISTS!

 CHRISTIAN BELIEF IS THEREFORE
RATIONAL!

1. Everything we've seen that looks
designed has a designer. (Axiom)
2. The Universe looks like it has
been designed. (Axiom)
3. Therefore the Universe must
have a designer. (From 2 & 3)
4.This designer is God.
STEP BY STEP
Assumption Alert!
Nothing in the previous steps points
to a designer deity.
And even, for the sake of argument,
it did..
Ra? Zeus? Hera? Osiris? PaChu?
Who designed those gods?
Who designed that designer?
Who designed that designer?
infinity +1
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.
 IF IT LOOKS DESIGNED, IT MUST BE
DESIGNED

Creationist apologetics

1. Everything we've seen that
looks designed has a designer.
(Axiom)
2. The Universe looks like it has
been designed. (Axiom)
How do we know what looks
designed?
Comparison!
WATCHMAKER
FALLACY
Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary
biologist, wrote a book titled The
Blind Watchmaker to specifically
and completely dismantle this
fallacious argument from personal
incredulity and assumption.
Creationists, showing they never
bothered to research the topic in
the slightest, still attempt this
argument anyway.
Other books of interest:
The Greatest Show on Earth
Why Evolution is True
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.

PEOPLE, THEREFORE CREATIONISM

People are special. We use advanced tools, we reason, we have consciousness.

Otherwise known as..

I AINT NO MONKEY!

1. People are special
WATCHMAKER
2. Apes are not as special
FALLACY (AGAIN)
3. Adam and Eve is true
Books of interest:

The Greatest Show on

Monkeys are our cousins. Earth

Not understanding how people Why Evolution is True

evolved from Ape-like ancestors
isnt evidence for Adam and Eve
Incest doesnt work out so well
Pyramids built by 750 people
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.
 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS SO, AND ITS
INERRANT!

CIRCULAR
REASONING
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.

BUT THE BIBLE IS SO ACCURATE!

LIST OF BIBLICAL CONTRADICTIONS
VISUAL OF BIBLICAL CONTRADICTIONS

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?featur
e=player_detailpage&v=RB3g6m
XLEKk#t=82
BIBLICAL
CONTRADICTIONS
..but its all a coherent work
breathed by God, who is
infallible (Psalms 12:6,
Psalms 119:89, Proverbs 30:5-
6) and
all knowing (1 John 3:20,
Psalm 147:4-5, Job 28:24, Job
37:15-16).
And the Holy Bible is utterly
Inerrant ((2 Timothy 3:16,
Matthew 4:4, Isaiah 40:8)!
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.
 OKAY, POINT TAKEN.

BUT THERE COULD BE A CHRISTIAN GOD. ITS

STILL POSSIBLE.

IS IT WORTH THE RISK TO NOT BE CHRISTIAN?

Pascals Wager

PASCALS WAGER
PASCALS WAGER:
PISSING OFF
OTHER GODS.
PASCALS WAGER:
WHAT YOURE
REALLY BETTING.
NO! BAD
APOLOGIST!
You are bad and you should
feel bad.
 BUT THERE COULD BE A CHRISTIAN GOD. ITS
STILL POSSIBLE.

YOU HAVENT DISPROVEN A CHRISTIAN GOD,

SO IM STILL RATIONAL IN MY BELIEF. I WIN!
Biblical description of the god creatively named God.

Omnipotent (Job 37:23, Psalms 33:6, Isaiah 44:24), Omniscient
(Matthew 10:30, Psalm 139:1-4, 1 Peter 1:20), Timeless
(Revelation 1:4, Hebrews 13:8), Immaterial , All loving, All
forgiving, Unchanging (Numbers 23:19).
 "And the LORD was with
Judah; and he drave out the
inhabitants of the mountain;
but could not drive out the
inhabitants of the valley,
because they had chariots of
iron."

Judges 1:19

BUT WHAT ABOUT FAITH?


BUT MORALS..

WHATS THE
HARM?
SHOULD YOU BE A VOCAL
ATHEIST?
Atheism: One meme at a time
YOURE SO
ANNOYING!
Is being an out atheist bad?