No God, No Knowledge; Know God, Know Knowledge
Written by Ajit Krishna Dasa
In our previous segment we saw how people position themselves in relation to the existence of God. In the segment at hand we will talk about what an atheist really is.
Continue reading “How to Talk to Atheists (Part 2: Do Atheists Exist?)”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Atheists commonly argue against the existence of God by claiming that theists only believe in God due to psychological reasons. For example, Sigmund Freud, founder of the psychoanalytical school of psychiatry, claimed that religious belief is an obsessional neurosis, that God is nothing more than a psychological crutch, an illusion, a form of wishful thinking caused by human weakness.
Continue reading “Is God a Psychological Crutch?”
Written by Ajit Krishna Dasa
Positions in Relation to the Existence of God
To defeat atheism we have to know what it is. To share some light on this topic we might consider the different positions people, both theists and atheists, can profess in regard to the questions of God’s existence. Before we get into each position, please note:
Continue reading “How to Talk to Atheists: (Part 1: Positions in Relation to the Existence of God)”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Some atheists claim that the universe could have manifested uncaused from literally nothing. Therefore, they say, God is not necessary as an explanation for the existence of the universe.
But as we shall see this idea, that the universe could come from nothing, is self-contradictory. Continue reading “Did the Universe Come From Nothing?”
Did the universe create itself?
Quite a few atheists put forward the claim that the universe could have created itself and therefore doesn’t need a God as an explanation for its existence. However, a closer look this claim reveals that it’s self-contradictory.
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
According to most atheists there is no evidence to support the idea that something spiritual or divine exists. They claim that matter is all we can observe, and that theists are irrational and naive victims of their own wishful thinking. Since there is no proof of spirit, they claim, we should all be materialists.
But the atheists are wrong, and here is why: Continue reading “Materialists Cannot Prove the Existence of Matter”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Christian presuppositionalists claim that the Christian worldview must be presupposed for knowledge to possible. Unless you accept Christianity, they say, your worldview cannot provide the necessary preconditions of human knowledge and intelligibility.
Here is why they are wrong, and why Christianity cannot provide the necessary preconditions of human knowledge and intelligibility:
Continue reading “Christianity Makes Knowledge Impossible”
This is a debate I conducted with a Christian on G1 Radio (starts around the 39th minute). You have to access it from here, since G1 Radio has made restrictions so that it cannot be viewed from other websites.
Unfortunately the connection was bad, and so the sound quality suffered quite a bit.
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Abstract
Rational debate can only take place between worldviews that are internally coherent. And atheism, in whatever shape it takes, is not. It is self-contradictory. Continue reading “Evolution or Creation – Who is Qualified to Speak?”
