Comments on The Atheist Missionary: My 10 favorite atheist quotes

Corrine, please give me the best piece of evidence...

2010-05-11T15:35:40.830-04:00

Corrine, please give me the best piece of evidence presented by your professor for the existence of God, the one that you find the most persuasive.

I agree with you that pain and suffering is not evidence against the existence of God any more than it is evidence against the existence of Santa Claus. What I would like to know is why you believe the existence of the Judeo-Christian god (or whatever god or gods you believe in) is more likely than the existence of Santa Claus. Please do tell.

Hitchen's came to our school to debate one of our ...

2010-05-11T10:31:35.900-04:00

Hitchen's came to our school to debate one of our professors. He wasn't saying anything like quote #7 there because all my professor did give was evidence for the existence of God, and he unfortunately had no rebuttal arguments to my professors points. Instead he kept going off on tangents of world suffering and blah blah. When are you atheists going to realize that pain and suffering is not evidence against God? You must first focus on whether or not he exists, then once you know that you can figure out whether he is good or not and if he is good, then ask why is there suffering. But you can't say there is suffering therefore god doesn't exist anymore than you can say there is suffering therefore good doesn't exist.

Yes, you are correct. I apologize about the title,...

2009-03-31T10:48:00.000-04:00

Yes, you are correct. I apologize about the title, as I mentioned, I just read one chapter out of it (from a friend at work). I have yet to buy it and read it in its entirety. I have also watched his debate with D'Souza and a few other individuals.

As entertaining as he is though, i find his quote (#7) hypocritic in the sense that he does not provide evidence for the information his presents. It really shouldn't be difficult for him, after all, all the "facts" he states should come from somewhere tangible.

I must say that I find Hitchens to be the most ent...

2009-03-31T10:19:00.000-04:00

I must say that I find Hitchens to be the most entertaining of the Christian apologists. if you get the chance, watch his debate with Dinesh D'Souza which took place on September 10, 2008. It is one of the most convincing intellectual knock-outs I have ever seen.

Just a note of clarification: Hitchen's book is entitled God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Number 7 is interesting. I have read the Islam cha...

2009-03-31T10:09:00.000-04:00

Number 7 is interesting. I have read the Islam chapter out of the "God is Evil" book Hitchens wrote and his references (evidence) are few (if any )and far between. He pointed out a lot of "facts" without any references but nobody seems to question this. They just lap it up in the same way believers buy up the idea of god. It would be nice for Hitchens to practice what he preaches just so the readers can actually decide if he actually is presenting truth.

Nabeel