Christian apologetics - New Atheism

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LIVING THE FAITH WE DEFEND

New Atheists and their Advances


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THE 4 HORSEMEN!


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A PASSIONATE APPEAL!

If Christianity is correct, and I persist in myunbelief, I should expect to suffer the torments ofhell ... The fact that my continuous and public

rejection ofCnity does not worry me in the leastshould suggest to you just how inadequate I thinkyour reasons for being a Christian are! (Harris)

In the fullness of time, one side is going to win thisargument [atheism or Christianity], and the otheris really going to lose. (Harris)


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ALISTER MCGRATH OBSERVES

Religion is the Cause for violence

The Natural Sciences have disproved God

God is just an invention designed to consolelosers

Christianity is a leap in the dark

(superstitious)

We dont need God to be good! (morality)


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RELIGION LEADS TO VIOLENCE

Imagine with John Lennon, a world with noreligion. Imagine no suicide bombers, no 9/11,no 7/7, no Crusades, no witch-hunts, no

Gunpowder Plot, no Indian partition, noIsraeli/Palestinian wars, no Serb/Croat/Muslimmassacres, no persecution of Jews as Christ-killers, no Northern Ireland troubles, no

honour-killings, no Taliban to blow upancient statues, no flogging of female skin forthe crime of showing an inch of it (Dawkins)


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FAITH & FAIRNESS

Science is authentic, religion is faith-based

Absence of evidence is the evidence of

absence. (Christopher Hitchens) Christian belief is like believing in a Santa

Claus. You outgrow this belief as you grow up!

People with religious beliefs should not beadmitted into secular Universities


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FAITH OF THE FATHERS

God is an invention for the help of losers

Children should not be called Christian or

Muslim - just like we do not call a child Marxist

or humanist.


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THE MORAL CHALLENGE

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason

you try to be good is to gain Gods approval and

reward or to avoid his disapproval and

punishment? [Dawkins, The God Delusion]

Of the 25 most dangerous cities, 76 percent

are in the red states in fact 3 of the 5 most

dangerous cities in the US are in the pious

state of Texas [Harris, Letter to a Cian Nation]


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ARE THERE CORRECTIVES FOR US?

If we claim the uniqueness of Jesus Christloud and clear, but in practice are not

different from the others, we are merely

punching in the air


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WHAT ARE THE OTHER ATHEISTS SAYING?

The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to

be an atheist Prof Michael Ruse

It makes me embarrassed to be both a

scientist and an atheist Prof Scott Atran

responding to a presentation by Sam Harris.


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As an unbeliever, I passionately disagree with DineshDSouza on some of his positions. But he is a first-rate scholar whom I feel absolutely compelled toread. His thorough research and elegant prose haveelevated him into the top ranks of those whochampion liberty and individual responsibility. Nowhe adds Christianity to his formula for the goodsociety, and although non-Christians and non-theistsmay disagree with some of his arguments, we ignorehim at our peril. DSouzas book takes the debate to anew level. Read it. Michael Shermer,Publisher of Skeptic magazine


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SO THAT THINKERS MIGHT BELIEVE AND BELIEVERS MIGHT THINK

But in your hearts

set apart Christ as

Lord and always

be prepared to

give a reason for

the hope that you

have. Do this with

gentleness and

respect

(I Peter 3:15)


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