Answers to the Arguments of Atheists
Cause and Effect: If everything needs a cause, then so does God. If God does not need a cause, then neither does the world, then there is no need of God. —Bertrand Russell
Answer: Only effects need a cause. If you theorize that even God is an effect and needs a cause, then you can never find a “first cause” for the creation of the universe. (Genesis 1:1)
Moral Incompatibilities: If God is all good and all powerful, He could and would defeat evil. Evil is not defeated; therefore, there is no God. —Pierre Bayle
Answer: God did not create a puppet state in which people have no choice over their actions. He allows everyone freedom to choose good and evil now, yet He guarantees the destruction of all evil in the end. (Revelation 21:4, 8)
Unjustifiable Suffering: Unjustifiable suffering is incompatible with a just God. —Albert Camus
Answer: Our perspective of justice is limited in view of God’s redeeming process, which produces a greater good. Example: The mother whose son is killed by a drunk driver becomes active in a program that saves thousands of lives (MADD). (James 1:2–4)
Incompatible Attributes: How can God possess attributes such as love and wrath, which are incompatible?
Answer: Love and wrath are not incompatible. Love is an attribute of God that never changes. God is never without agape love for you—He always seeks your highest good. Wrath is God’s response to sin. God’s wrath, like a refiner’s fire, is born out of His pure love.(Malachi 3:3)
The Big Bang Theory: The universe is a result of a chance combination of particles in motion. The chance theory is also the explanation of human life. —David Hume
Answer: A completely random universe that runs by chance defies intricate design, reliability, and intelligence, which is clearly visible. Example: If all the parts of your watch were put in a box and shaken for a million years, an intricate watch would not be created. (Job 38:4–7)
Wishful Thinking: Belief in God is based on a wish fulfillment, a childhood neurosis that seeks a protector. —Freud and Sartre
Answer: The fact that people in all cultures, whether primitive or advanced, feel a great need for God and worship God is universal proof for the existence of God. (Romans 1:18–20)
Physical Liabilities: God cannot be seen, heard, or touched.
Answer: God is not limited to making Himself known through physical attributes. He increasingly reveals Himself through the conscience as a person increasingly grows in faith. (Hebrews 11:1–3)
“What may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— his eternal power and divine nature— have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
(Romans 1:19–20)