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“I mean, come on, the facts are in: there is no positive empirical evidence for the existence of God, much less any so-called revealed religion.

There is overwhelming disconfirming evidence for God's existence, and all of the philosophical arguments to the existence of God have huge holes in them.”

-- John W. Loftus

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Three Questions with Lawrence Krauss

By Andrew J. Rausch

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In the world of skepticism, Lawrence Krauss is akin to a rock star. He’s one of the mostly widely-known atheist activists on the planet, and definitely one of the most famous scientists around. He is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, and is also the Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space…

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God-existence arguments have never even reached the threshold of “valid,” much less “sound.”

The god of an argument is a hypothetical god.

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Your blog is one I truly enjoy. Everyday I am confronted by religious zealots and many times I draw on my experiences with your blog to fight back. I only hope that one day the rest of the world sees the truth as well.

Thank you.

It’s my experience that believers have only a limited and predictable repertoire of excuses to offer, and very few require actually knowing the scripture in order to refute them. Although that won’t hurt if you do know some of it.

You can’t be moral/truly know love without (my) god

Something can’t come from nothing

You believe in nothing

Why do you hate something you claim you don’t believe in?

If you don’t believe in god why do you talk about him?

You shouldn’t be rude/disrespect god/(my) religious beliefs

I have faith/everyone has faith

You can’t prove it’s not true

Here’s a verse of the scripture to prove the scripture

Free will

God is [several attributes that render it impossible]

You send yourself to hell

It’s arrogant to think humans are the highest forms of life

I had an experience/god helped me when [x]

Everything’s too complicated to be random/needs a creator

[Story/character/prophecy which is false or trivial] from [scripture] has been proven true

[Scientist] believes in god

You know god exists but you deny him

You just want to sin

You’re close minded

You just don’t want to see the truth

How do you explain [anecdote or myth] without god?

… etc.

Once you get the hang of addressing these types of excuses, you’re able to stand your ground against the majority of believers. Practice makes perfect.

It’s also my impression that there are far more non-believers out there than we know. There are those who know they don’t believe, but don’t have the confidence or words to express it, are under the misconception it’s rude to or they’re not entitled to, or are socially disadvantaged from doing so (from religious parents to enshrined apostasy laws). There are also those who think something is a bit fishy about the beliefs they were brought up with, and likewise might not have the words to express what it is, but may be afraid to question them due to the fear inculcated in them by the belief system, to discourage them from thinking their way out of and leaving it.

The best thing you can do is unapologetically talk about and criticize these beliefs. People see it and it makes a difference.

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