5 most common arguments for god's existence and why they are at best illogical

Evening all,

So for those who don't know, there was a shooting in an Orlando, Florida club last night. Calling the perpetrator a despicable human being is to insult human beings everywhere. I'll do a proper opinion piece on this tomorrow but I just want to let the people affected by this know that my thoughts are with them.

It's always difficult to write something after hearing news like this but I can't help but feel that not carrying on would be akin to the fucktards forcing me to stop, something that I sincerely hope never happens, so without further ado:

5.) but evolution is only a theory...

The problem with this argument is the fact that all it serves to do is highlight the persons ignorance of what scientific phrases mean. Did you know that gravity is also "just" a theory? A theory in a scientific context is more than just someone's wild idea, it's a way to interpret facts and has mountains of scientific data and proof to back it up. So yes, evolution is a theory, but one that has yet to have a single shred of scientific evidence to contradict it, and mountains of evidence to back it up.

4.) The second law of thermodynamics.

In layman's terms, the second law of thermodynamics says that any closed system left to it's own devices will inevitably move towards entropy. It's often pointed to as proof that god has to exist or the universe would collapse into chaos. The major problem with this idea is the fact that the universe is not a closed system, meaning that the second law of thermodynamics cannot be used to interpret it, or make predictions about it.

3.) Something as complicated as an eye can't simply have come about by chance.

One of the main obstacles to most people's understanding of evolution is time, as humans we can envisage 5 minutes, 5 years, even 500 years, we can sort of grasp the concept of 5000 years but it's almost impossible to envision much more than that. It's this difficulty that we humans have that leads to out lack of acceptance of evolution. I think the best person to explain the evolution of they eye is Professor Richard Dawkins:

2.) I don't understand how you can believe that we are just here by chance.

Aka the argument from personal credulity, I still remember this same response to atheists who said something similar about believing in god when I was a bible believing christian. If you are tied to some train tracks with a train bearing down on you, no matter how much you believe the train isn't there, the train isn't just going to disappear. Just because you can't or won't believe the truth, doesn't change the truth.

1.) What if you're wrong?

To whose who don't know, Pascal's wager is an argument for a belief in god devised by the 17th century French philosopher, Blaise Pascal. Basically it says that non-belief in god is the less rational standpoint because if you are wrong, you burn in hell, whereas being wrong when you believe in god means little to nothing. I think I'll leave the answer to this one to Stephen Fry;

Per usual, none of the media in this post is owned by me, please do have a look at both Richard and Stephen, amazing people with awesome senses of humour.

Well, that's all folks, Thanks again for reading, any questions or suggestions, please feel free to comment and do please subscribe. also remember to like the facebook page: www.facebook.com/theangryafricanatheist

Ta,
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parkrun!

Morning all,

Had a fun but tiring time this morning at parkrun, got to walk the puppies and breath in some fresh air, today was the first time I've done it and believe me when I say, 5kms is farther than I remember, though all in all a good time was had. Apologies to the owners of the smaller dogs that D'artagnon, our ridgeback, kept rushing towards, the (not so) little shit really is friendly and he just gets so excited about meeting new friends. Zeus, our pitbull, was on good behavior as always.

One thing that annoyed me was the amount of dog shit on the route, I will say that every dog I saw take a dump got it picked up by their owners but there was still a fair amount lying around. It makes me wonder why people feel it's OK to just leave it there, I mean the organizers were handing out free poop bags in case you had forgotten some so there really is no excuse. Perhaps we should find them and take a dump on their car's windscreen with a note mentioning that stepping in their dogs shit is just as annoying. For those interested in finding out more about parkrun South Africa, please visit their website here: http://www.parkrun.co.za/

For the readers out there I thought I'd share what I'm currently reading, book five of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. For those of you into high fantasy I'd strongly suggest you give it a read, think Lord of the Rings on steroids, (Wheel of Time is 14 books). Jordan can be a little frustrating to read at times, I occasionally find myself thinking, "OK, I get it, there's a tree on a hill, unless it's vital to the story I didn't REALLY need to know how many leaves it had on it!" but if you can plough through the annoying bits, the story is enchanting, and Jordan has a very unique way of looking at and explaining the use of magik in the universe he's created. For a bit more on the lore and universe, have a read here: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/A_beginning

Socially I've got a dinner party to go to later, It's been ages since I've had oxtail so I'm seriously looking forward to some good food, good wine and good company. Now I'm rambling so I guess I'll leave this post there. Remember to like the facebook page here: www.facebook.com/theangryafricanatheist As always, thanks so much for reading and have a good one!

Ta,
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