Debate: Christianity or Atheism?
Side: Atheism

All atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals.This is a hasty generalisation. Morality is not grounded in religion but the human experience and through interaction between humans within the community and society. And by the way, we are a species in the animal kingdom.Atheists try to shift the burden of proof unfairly upon theistsHow is it unfair? The burden of proof always lies on the claimant.The Bible says atheism is wrong, and the Bible is always rightNot only is this an unjustified assertion, you are also committing the genetic fallacy.Some famous atheists have shown they occasionally have doubts about their disbelief, which proves that all atheists really do believe in God."Some famous Christians have shown they occasionally have doubts about their beliefs, which proves that all Christians really do not believe in God."Your argument here fails entirely because your are committing the fallacy of composition.Everybody who has ever been in the army will tell you that there are no atheists in foxholes. That is, once they are in danger of death, the atheist will strip himself of his irrational disbelief in God, and come to admit he believed in God all along. Only liberal slimebags like MSNBC report otherwise.Excuse me. I served 2 years in the Commando unit, the Singapore equivalent of the Marines.Communism, which is inherently evil, is founded by atheism, and all atheists are probably secret communists.Communism cannot be inherently evil because it is a metaphysical concept.Because we can think of the existence of God, God must obviously exists, and therefore atheists are illogical.Wrong. Existence is not a predicate.Everything in the universe shows obvious and undeniable signs that it was created by a mind far superior to our own.Unjustified assertion.a lot of mass murderers were atheists, and all atheists, having no morality to guide them, are only a bad day away from going on a genocide spree.There have been Christian mass murderers as well.no atheists contribute to charitable causesReally? I think you'll find yourself wrong there. I have donated to Oxfam and the Red Cross. They actually do something to help the poor. And I'd rather donate my money to an established organisation where I can see that it has been put to good use rather than donating it to a church for renovations."The Barna Group found regarding atheism and morality that those who hold to the worldviews of atheism or agnosticism in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality"Christians have been equally guilty, if not more so, of most of these crimes.Atheism The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason what so ever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs."Nope. Wrong again. There is nothing "magical" about cosmological processes. In fact, one of those who confirmed the Big Bang theory, Alan Guth, is an atheist.atheists don't believe in miracles, although many Christian philosophers disagree.Why should anyone believe in miracles?atheism cannot explain the origins of the universe, therefore God exists.The Big Bang. And therefore, God does not exist. This is a false dilemma.Atheists have more mental and physical health problems than Christians. This is attributed to theists having something more to life for. Therefore, God exists.Your premises do not logically lead to the conclusion. And furthermore, at least half of the top 10 fattest cities in America are predominantly Christian cities or at least, cities with a majority Christian population.Friedrich Nietzsche went crazy and was an atheist, therefore atheism drove him insaneAgain, fallacy of composition.Countries with large numbers of atheists have higher suicide rates, therefore atheism makes you want to kill yourself.The last I checked, suicide mass murderers were religious fanatics, including Christians (e.g. Andres Brevick)Of course they would take the easy way out, not realizing like normal people that God sends suicide cases to hell.So, a God that doesn't exist is sending people to hell?Also, developed nations also tend to have higher rates of both atheism and suicide, so we must conclude that technology and wealth are evil.No proof whatsoever that God exists.Sigmund Freud said religious belief was unhealthy, but many doctors think Freud is wrong, therefore atheism is evil.Really? And these doctors are? The last I checked, most psychologists still emulate Freud's methods of psychoanalysis.many famous atheists tell lies, therefore atheists are deceptive.By saying that the Bible is true and indoctrinating children, Christians are already lying everyday.Fewer people believe now as opposed to x number of years ago (usually around twenty) in evolution, therefore evolutionary theory is wrong and by proxy atheism is wrong, since it's the same thing.What is "x number of years ago"? If you can't even be specific in your premises, then they are not true to believe. And atheism and evolution are not synonyms.Non-Christians are more likely to believe in silly superstitions, like palm reading and astronomy (note: Non-Christian = atheist). Christians believe only in the cold, hard logical of the world around them.Non-Christians include people of other religious faiths. And I haven't met one Muslim or Hindu that believes in palm reading. Conversely, Muslims and Hindus can also say that Christian beliefs are superstitious as well, and indeed many of them do.Some theologians say atheist is on the decline, therefore it is. However, this is no reason to lose caution of the atheist threat!-There are a number of anti-atheist blogs (isn't that good to know? )-there is a pro-atheist bias in the liberal controlled media, but as we know from stated above that atheism is on the decline, this hardly matters.And your point is?Causes of atheism (I quote): moral depravity, rebellion, superficiality, error, state churches, poor relationship with father, division in religion, learned times, peace, and prosperity, negative experiences with theists, scientism.All wrong. Atheism is a result of logical, rational people, looking at the evidence, and concluding that Christianity is a flawed belief.atheists question why evil exists since God is good, but don't ask why good exists if God isn't real.Which still doesn't answer the Problem of Evil.early scientists were Christian, therefore Christianity owns a monopoly on science and atheists are not allowed to say there is discrepancy between the beliefs in the two.No proof that God exists.Sir Francis Bacon said he'd rather belief in any silly old legend then believe that God doesn't existAnd that is Sir Fracis's personal opinion. I can quote many other scientists and philosophers who have no religious convictions and are strongly opposed to the Christian conception of God.Some Christian apologists have problems with the beliefs of Bertrand RussellAnd so?Creation scientists tend to win creation-evolution debatesAnd so?Notable atheists have converted to Christianity. The reverse never happens.Dan Barker, John W. Loftus, George Carlin, Christopher Hitchens, myself, and the list goes on.A poll found these results =Position: This group does not at all agree withmy vision of American society: I would disapprove if my child wantedto marry a member of this group: Atheist 39.6% 47.6%Therefore, the majority of normal people clearly know atheism is evil.Argumentum ad populum.atheists criticism of the Bible can't be trusted because, I quote: "a thorough understanding of the Bible -- and this would actually apply to any complex work from any culture -- requires specialized knowledge, and a broad range of specialized knowledge in a variety of fields.... Not even most scholars in the field can master every aspect"And ditto for religious studies. Thus, theologians can't be trusted as well.The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions.And so is Harry Potter, the Twilight saga, Artemis Fowl, Roald Dhal, Enid Blyton, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, etc.atheists make bad arguments on the internet, says Christian apologist.And so?atheists try to convert young people to atheism over the internet. Christians, of course, never stoop to such behavior.No, they stoop even lower by threatening sick people on their death beds with fire and brimstone.Nearly a quarter or a third of philosophy professors are theists, therefore, I quote: "God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the 1960's and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."And the other three quarter or two-thirds are atheists, and so if we are going to appeal to "majority wins", then atheism is the default intellectual position.atheists do not really exist, they just pretend that they don't believe in God.Unjustified assertion.atheism brought upon the French Revolution, one of the most evil events of all of history.Unjustified assertion. And, Christians brought about many of the most evil events in all of history, such as the Inquisitions, the Crusades, etc.atheists make up a small percentage of the world population, therefore it is wrong.Argumentum ad populum.a lot of famous people said bad stuff about atheistsAnd many famous people said bad stuff about Christians. It works both ways ;)