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It has been asserted by various theists that atheists do not exist. Sir Francis Bacon wrote in his essay Of Atheism:
| “ | The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.[1] | ” |
In addition, Christian philosophers and apologists Dr. Cornelius Van Til and Dr. Greg Bahnsen argued there are no atheists and that atheists are actively suppressing their belief and knowledge of God and enigmatically engage in self-deception.[2] The English poet Edward Young wrote in his famous work Night Thoughts that "By night, an atheist half-believes a God."[3]
The Christian Cyclopedia states regarding atheism the following:
| “ | It is not possible for a man to be an atheist, in the commonly accepted sense, in his innermost conviction. No amount of reasoning will erase from the human heart the God-given conviction that there is a Supreme Being; those who theoretically deny God's existence replace Him with something else.[4] | ” |
A famous phrase, most often attributed to journalist Ernie Pyle, states, "there are no atheists in foxholes."[5] Although this aphorism has a narrow context (military personnel serving in active duty) and is not always meant to be taken literally, there is at least some truth to it. It shows that it is human nature to look to some higher power for assistance, strength, comfort, or guidance in times of great need.
Creation vs. evolution issue
Also, in the 1970s atheists/agnostics/evolutionists suffered hundreds of losses in creation vs. evolution debates on college and university campuses and other public venues. As a result, prominent evolutionists are reluctant to debate scientists who are creationists (see: Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates).[7][8][9] Also, less prominent evolutionists are reluctant to debate Darwinism skeptics who are very knowledgeable on creation vs. evolution issue.[10] Consequently, creationists have asserted that various atheists/agnostics are merely haters of God and atheist/agnostic/evolutionist poseurs.[11][12] Even in atheistic Japan, researchers found that Japanese children see the world as designed.[13]
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References
- ↑ http://www.bartleby.com/3/1/16.html
- ↑ http://www.cmfnow.com/articles/PA191.htm
- ↑ http://www.bartleby.com/100/224.html
- ↑ http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=A&t2=t
- ↑ Malin, Don. "Military Chaplains and Religious Pluralism." Watchman Fellowship. http://www.wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=artGeneral.article_6
- ↑ Children see the world as designed
- ↑ Reason or Rhetoric by Henry Morris, PhD
- ↑ Reason or Rhetoric by Henry Morris, PhD
- ↑ Ankerberg, John, and Weldon, John, Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science
- ↑ Naive evolutionists, evolutionist poseurs and the headlights of the Question Evolution! Campaign
- ↑ Is Richard Dawkins an atheist
- ↑ Naive evolutionists, evolutionist poseurs and the headlights of the Question Evolution! Campaign
- ↑ Children see the world as designed
