Atheism and irrationality

A common and legitimate criticism of the atheist worldview is that atheism is irrational. For example, the atheistic worldview cannot account for the laws of logic.

The atheist worldview cannot explain the existence of consciousness either and the theistic worldview can offer a reasonable explanation.

Advocates of mind uploading (Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to computer storage mediums) are generally strong advocates of cryonics as well. Mind uploading is not a feasible hypothesis. See also: Atheism and cryonics

Additionally, naturalism and reason are incompatible and believing in naturalism is therefore self-defeating. In short, if naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces.

Despite atheists commonly adopting pretentious monikers such as rationalists, freethinker, brights (see: Atheism and arrogance), in recent years there has been a number of conspicuous examples of atheists showing a reluctance to intellectually defend atheism in formal debate (see: Atheism and cowardice).

As far as atheists lacking courage, in 2010, Professor Eric Kaufmann, who specializes in religion/irreligion/demographics/politics, wrote:

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Worldwide, the march of religion can probably only be reversed by a renewed, self-aware secularism. Today, it appears exhausted and lacking in confidence... Secularism's greatest triumphs owe less to science than to popular social movements like nationalism, socialism and 1960s anarchist-liberalism. Ironically, secularism's demographic deficit means that it will probably only succeed in the twenty-first century if it can create a secular form of 'religious' enthusiasm."

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Irrationality of the atheism and the logic of theism/creation

General articles:

• Atheism by Matt Slick
• Atheism is more rational?
• Putting the Atheist on the Defensive by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal
• Atheists don’t own reason by Tom Gilson
• Christianity as progress: A review of The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark
• Why the Burden of Proof is on the Atheist by Professor Ralph McInerny
• Theism, Atheism, and Rationality by Alvin Plantinga
• The Irrational atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens by Vox Day
• Naturalism's Hot Water

Atheism and the laws of logic

• Atheism: An irrational worldview by Dr. Jason Lisle
• The Christian Worldview, the Atheist Worldview, and Logic by Matt Slick
• Can Atheism Coherently Explain the Laws of Logic? by Answers for Hope

Transcendental argument for the existence of God

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Dr. Greg Bahnsen became known as "the man atheists fear most" due to Michael Martin's cancellation of their scheduled debate.

See also: Transcendental argument for the existence of God

• What is the transcendental argument for the existence of God?
• Responses to Atheist Philosopher, Michael Martin
• Naturalism Defeated A recent transcendental argument by Alvin Plantinga.
• Derrida, Van Til and the Metaphysics of Postmodernism An appraisal of Postmodernism, specifically Deconstruction, in light of Van Til by Jacob Gabriel Hale.
• The Transcendental Argument for God's Existence by Michael Butler.
• The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God by Matt Slick.

Debates on the transcendental argument for the existence of God

• "The Great Debate: Does God Exist?" or The Great Debate: Does God Exist? (YouTube video) - Dr. Greg Bahnsen versus Dr. Gordon Stein - Audio of a formal debate between Christian Greg Bahnsen and skeptic Gordon Stein at the University of California, Irvine.
• The Martin-Frame Debate A written debate between skeptic Michael Martin and Christian John Frame on the transcendental argument for the existence of God.
• "Is Non-Christian Thought Futile?" A written debate between Christian Doug Jones and skeptics Keith Parsons and Michael Martin in Antithesis magazine (vol. 2, no. 4).

Existence of the universe

• Can the laws of science explain the origin of the universe?

• In the beginning God created—or was it a quantum fluctuation? by Dr Jonathan Sarfati

• Why is There Something Rather than Nothing? The Only Six Options by C. Michael Patton

Argument from contingency

• Argument from contingency
• Aquinas' Argument from Contingency

Existence of consciousness

• The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God by John Piippo
• Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems by John Piippo
• The enigmatic human brain
• The human brain: The most complex structure in the universe

Mind uploading

Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to computer storage mediums. Mind loading is not feasible.

• Against Naive Uploadism: Memory, Consciousness, and Synaptic Homeostasis, Seth Weisberg, H+ Magazine, May 6, 2011
• Why Transhumanism Won't Work, The New Atlantis, June 10, 2010
• Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?
• You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
• What's the Likelihood of the Singularity? Part Two: Uploading the Brain by Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6/24/2011

C.S. Lewis's argument for reason and for the irrationality of materialism

• C.S. Lewis' argument from reason
• C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013
• C.S. Lewis and Materialism by John G. West
• C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning
• C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism

Logic and theism/creation

• Loving God with all your mind: Logic and creation by Jonathan D. Sarfati
• Who created God: It's an illogical question by Dr. Don Batten
• If God created the universe, then who created God? by Jonathan D. Sarfati
• Rules of the game by Dr. Carl Wieland

Videos

• Crazy Atheists Compilation (Atheists are Irrational)

See also

• Atheism and meaninglessness
• Evidence for Christianity
• Atheism and arrogance
• Irreligion and superstition
• Atheist cults
• Evolution, Liberalism, Atheism, and Irrationality
• Causes of atheism
• Atheism and intelligence

Books

• The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, And Hitchens by Vox Day, March 11, 2008
• The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark, September 26, 2006
• C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason by Victor Reppert
• C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian by Gregory S. Cootsona, September 26, 2014