Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Pamho, agtSP! Please give some feedback on the following argument? ---- Some atheists argue that religion (theism) is the cause of evil, including wars. Their argument presupposes that God doesn't exist, because IF an all-good God existed then every evil act would be against the wish of such an all-good God. In other words such an act would per definition be atheistic, it could never be theistic. If the atheists thinks they can put forward an argument presupposing the non-existence of God, then we can also put forward an argument presupposing the existence of God. We can argue that atheism is the cause of all evil, including all wars. Here is a way to put forward our argument in a standardized form: 1. All actions performed against the wish of God are ungodly (atheistic) 2. All evil actions are performed against the wish of God 3. Therefore, all evil actions are ungodly (atheistic) [from 1 and 2] 4. An action can't both be theistic and atheistic at the same time 5. Therefore, no evil act can be theistic [From 3 and 4] 1. Evil actions are all atheistic [see above argument] 2. War is only caused by evil actions 3. Therefore, war is only caused by atheistic actions ---- Ys, AKD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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