Athiest's Are Illogical

Thank you, AlextheYounga, for those excellent opening arguments. I can see that this will be a great debate. I will offer my rebuttals for your arguments against Atheism then provide an argument of my own against Christianity, as we agreed in the comments section. Rebuttal: The Kalām Cosmological Argument: Your syllogism ends with the conclusion that “the universe has a cause of its existence.” From there you make a colossal jump to claiming that the cause must be a deity, and you do so with little additional argumentation or evidence. I will offer a few possibilities: 1. The universe itself is infinite and the Big Bang was only the beginning of one of many eternally recurring cycles. In this case, Premise 2 of your syllogism is refuted. 2. The chain of cause and effect is infinite and stretches back to before the Big Bang, with there being no “first cause.” Either of these is a plausible explanation for Kalam’s observations about the universe and neither requires the superfluous assumption of a deity. Your discourse on the universe here really has nothing to do with Kalam. In addition, you are dead wrong when you say that “scientists have discovered that the speed in which all objects in the universe become farther apart, is slowing down, and will eventually stop.” Actually, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three scientists who discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.[1] Pascal's Wager Pascal’s Wager is one big appeal to emotion and in no way can be construed as evidence for the truth of theism. The consequences, positive or negative, of holding a certain belief have absolutely no bearing on the truth of that belief. The only valid reason, logically speaking, for holding a belief is that belief’s truth. The theist who believes in God based on Pascal’s Wager has succumbed to the fallacy of appeal to emotion and is illogical. Leibniz's Argument This is just another version of Kalam and my refutation above applies here as well. Why Christians are Illogical: There are many beliefs necessary to the Christian faith that violate the laws of logic and/or are guilty of fallacious reasoning. I will give two and show that Christians are illogical. Jesus’ Nature Christians believe that Jesus was both man and God.All men are mortal.God is immortal. Christians believe that Jesus was mortal and immortal. For someone to be both mortal and immortal violates the law of non-contradiction, as these two characteristics are mutually exclusive. Christians believe in this contradiction nonetheless and are, therefore, illogical. Biblical Inspiration Christians also believe the following circular argument:The Bible says God exists.Everything the Bible says is true (because it comes from God).God exists. To clarify, the term “God exists” in the above syllogism means “God exists as portrayed in the Bible,” namely that he is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, etc. The crux of the issue is that there is no way to glean such specific nature about God without believing the Bible, but one has no reason to believe the Bible’s claims about the nature of God unless one already believes he exists and has those characteristics. So circular it makes my head spin… In conclusion: My opponents arguments for theism (and therefore against atheism) have been refuted and I have presented my arguments against Christianity. I look forward to my opponent’s rebuttals and rejoinders. [1] http://www.nobelprize.org...