Comments on Timothy Ministry: 7 Arguments Atheists Can't Use

1) Intelligent Design theory begins with the presu...

2010-05-19T11:36:59.132-03:00

1) Intelligent Design theory begins with the presumptions that non-existence is more normal than existence and randomness is more normal than complexity, therefore existence and complexity must have been caused. But these presumptions have no basis and are easily challenged. Just repeat after me: Existence is normal; complexity is normal. Bingo. You’re an atheist. 2) Motor oil is good for an

Good thoughts. I'm not sure I'm really in...

2009-11-18T20:29:08.618-04:00

Good thoughts. I'm not sure I'm really in a position to offer a counter argument and tell you what the latest revision of scientific thought is in regard to these things. I just hold it out as a possibility that one could make a decent argument against this particular point.

Hey Jimmy, Just a comment on your comment. I hav...

2009-11-14T14:38:17.290-04:00

Hey Jimmy,

Just a comment on your comment. I have actually spent quite a bit of time on this subject of whether or not the universe can collapse in a reverse big bang, or "big crunch". There is an interesting article in Time magazine June 25, 2001. The article speaks in scientific terms about how they are starting to be prove (contrary to their own theories) that the

Good points Eli. However, I might rise one object...

2009-10-28T00:43:47.907-03:00

Good points Eli. However, I might rise one objection to point 6. So far as I understood what I learned in physics class, matter which makes up the raw "stuff" of the universe gives some creedence to the notion that the universe might have always existed in the same sense that God has always existed.

Because one of the laws of physics states, so far as I have understood it

Eli, I really enjoyed reading this article. I espe...

2009-10-21T14:37:11.501-03:00

Eli, I really enjoyed reading this article. I especially liked: "In all reality, to become a Christian is not to take up a crutch but to take up a cross."

Excellent article, Eli. Thanks. The fact that apa...

2009-10-02T22:03:22.466-03:00

Excellent article, Eli. Thanks.

The fact that apart from an infinite, personal reference point (God) all things are impersonal and meaningless, is enough to open many people to reconsider their views. Few people are willing to accept a reality that is so personally mundane and pointless as that which naturalism actually posits.

I very rarely hear atheists say #7 too, Jon! Woul...

2009-09-26T11:53:20.509-03:00

I very rarely hear atheists say #7 too, Jon!

Would love to receive an email from you or talk about them.

Take care, Jon.
-Eli

'Bout time you wrote a new post, Eli! I'l...

2009-09-26T05:31:16.290-03:00

'Bout time you wrote a new post, Eli!

I'll say, in brief, that I agree with many of your criticisms of arguments for atheism. However, I think your characterization of some of those arguments commit the straw man fallacy. I very rarely hear atheists say #7, for example.

If I respond to your arguments in full, it will probably be via e-mail (because I don't want

Hey Eli, Good stuff! Thanks for taking the time ...

2009-09-22T23:00:24.313-03:00

Hey Eli,

Good stuff! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I have studied these same arguments for many years and came to the same conclusion. People don't want to believe in God because it means they would have to change...