Category: Atheism
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Why do Bad things Happen? (1)
The Atheists’ question ‘Why do bad things happen to good people’ or ‘If God is all good then how is it that He lets bad things happen’ has been answered many times and in this series of articles I will go through the many answers to this question. The common answer that religious people give…
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The god of the Atheist
To say that Atheists have a god sounds like an oxymoron. After all, Atheists claim that they don’t believe in any gods. In fact, it’s used as an argument to support the idea that science and religion are incompatible. If someone was to say that things fall down because of the will of god, this…
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Extraordinary Claims Demand Extraordinary Proof
Atheists and skeptics frequently write articles from the standpoint that their view is ‘rational’ and ‘logical’ and that religious or ‘New Age’ views are irrational and based on incorrect assumptions. This view is fallacious and in these writings I explain that atheism is simply another belief system with as many (if not more) irrational assumptions…
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Atheism is on an evangelical drive
Atheism is on an evangelical drive. Largely fuelled by Richard Dawkins they are out to convert people. To some extent one might argue they are simply making it more respectable. In the same way as the Gay movement see themselves not as converting people to homosexuality but as allowing homosexuals the freedom to express themselves, one could argue…