Reflectorites
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:54:34 -0600, Chris Cogan wrote:
[...]
>CC>Why theists think atheism has or implies a nihilistic pit is something I
>have never understood.
[...]
The real question is not whether atheism is good or bad, but whether
atheism is even *true*
I was recently watching the video "Atheism versus Christianity" where a
leading US atheist, Frank Zindler, debated a leading Christian apologist
William Lane Craig.
Craig defined "atheism" as "the view which asserts that God does not
exist".
Then Craig asked Zindler the question: "What is the evidence that atheism
is *true*?"
Craig pointed out that it was not good enough for Zindler to argue that
there is not enough evidence to prove that God *does* exist. If atheism is
to be accepted as true, then atheists must show that God *does not* exist.
Zindler repeatedly tried to sidestep Craig's question, even trying to
redefine atheism out of existence as effectively agnosticism. Needles to
say, Craig won the debate, even in the opinion of some atheists in the
audience!
So maybe our resident atheists (e.g Chris and Susan, and any others) would
like to make the case for atheism by answering William Lane Craig's
question: "What is the evidence that atheism is *true*?"
Steve
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