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| | *Slick, Matt (2009). [http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality "The failure of atheism to account for morality"]. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website.</ref> Atheism leads to moral and cultural decline (see: [[Atheism and culture]]). | | *Slick, Matt (2009). [http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality "The failure of atheism to account for morality"]. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website.</ref> Atheism leads to moral and cultural decline (see: [[Atheism and culture]]). |
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| − | * [[Cosmological argument]]: Every event in our [[universe]] necessarily has a cause. However, it is impossible that there should be an unending chain of causes going back. Therefore, there necessarily must be a cause ''distinct'' from the universe as we know it which is capable of causing all things and is itself uncaused. Atheism denies that that [[First Cause|first cause]] is God. Christians point out that the question "Who created God" is an illogical question.<ref>[http://creation.com/who-created-god Who created God] by Don Batten</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the origin of the universe]] | + | * [[Cosmological argument]]: Every event in our [[universe]] necessarily has a cause. However, it is impossible that there should be an unending chain of causes going back. Therefore, there necessarily must be a cause ''distinct'' from the universe as we know it which is capable of causing all things and is itself uncaused. Atheism denies that that [[First Cause|first cause]] is God. Christians point out that the question "Who created God" is an illogical question.<ref>[https://creation.com/who-created-god Who created God] by Don Batten</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the origin of the universe]] |
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| | * Historical arguments for the existence of God (subset of evidential apologetics). For example, arguments stemming from historical accounts such as Christian historical apologetics, [[Christian Legal Apologetics|Christian legal apologetics]] and archaeological evidence such as [[Bible Archaeology|Bible archaeology]] | | * Historical arguments for the existence of God (subset of evidential apologetics). For example, arguments stemming from historical accounts such as Christian historical apologetics, [[Christian Legal Apologetics|Christian legal apologetics]] and archaeological evidence such as [[Bible Archaeology|Bible archaeology]] |
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| | *[http://creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible scientific foreknowledge] | | *[http://creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible scientific foreknowledge] |
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| − | * Lack of proof and evidence that atheism is true contrasted with the strong evidence supporting Christianity. In [[Atheism and debate|debates with atheists]], the debate opponents of atheists commonly ask for evidence supporting atheism knowing that atheists cannot provide such evidence (for example, [[William Lane Craig]] typically does this during his debates).<ref name="CRI">[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0131a.html Putting the Atheist on the Defensive] by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.</ref><ref name="CRAIGdefinition">[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/definition-of-atheism Definition of atheism] by William Lane Craig</ref> [[Atheism is a religion]] and it is a worldview which has no evidential support.<ref name="CRI"/><ref name="CRAIGdefinition"/><ref name="Atheismisareligion">[http://creation.com/atheism-a-religion Is Atheism a religion?] by Daniel Smartt, Published: 4 May 2010(GMT+10)</ref> | + | * Lack of proof and evidence that atheism is true contrasted with the strong evidence supporting Christianity. In [[Atheism and debate|debates with atheists]], the debate opponents of atheists commonly ask for evidence supporting atheism knowing that atheists cannot provide such evidence (for example, [[William Lane Craig]] typically does this during his debates).<ref name="CRI">[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0131a.html Putting the Atheist on the Defensive] by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.</ref><ref name="CRAIGdefinition">[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/definition-of-atheism Definition of atheism] by William Lane Craig</ref> [[Atheism is a religion]] and it is a worldview which has no evidential support.<ref name="CRI"/><ref name="CRAIGdefinition"/><ref name="Atheismisareligion">[https://creation.com/atheism-a-religion Is Atheism a religion?] by Daniel Smartt, Published: 4 May 2010(GMT+10)</ref> |
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| | *Historically, the atheist population has often used mockery as a substitution for reasonable discussion/debate (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]).<ref> | | *Historically, the atheist population has often used mockery as a substitution for reasonable discussion/debate (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]).<ref> |