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''See also:'' [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments|Common arguments against atheism]]

''See also:'' [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments|Common arguments against atheism]]

[[File:Autumn.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The [[argument from beauty]] is a [[teleological argument]].]]

[[File:Autumn.jpg|200px|left|thumbnail|The [[argument from beauty]] is a [[teleological argument]].]]

Also known as '''proofs''' for God's existence, these arguments have not always come with full acceptance.  Those opposed to natural theology claim that God's existence cannot be proven by human reason or the natural world, and that any attempt to do so runs the risk of becoming a [[God of the Gaps]] argument.  However, [[Oxford]] scholar Roger Penrose states that [[materialism]] is now the faith of the gaps (see: Atheism of the gaps).<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9511/revessay.html</ref>  

Also known as '''proofs''' for God's existence, these arguments have not always come with full acceptance.  Those opposed to natural theology claim that God's existence cannot be proven by human reason or the natural world, and that any attempt to do so runs the risk of becoming a [[God of the Gaps]] argument.  However, [[Oxford]] scholar Roger Penrose states that [[materialism]] is now the faith of the gaps (see: Atheism of the gaps).<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9511/revessay.html</ref>