why dont some people believe in god?
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Why don’t some people believe in God?
Reasons for atheism
Why don’t some people believe in God?
In this lesson you’re going to learn:
• Reasons why some people don’t believe in God
Keywords:
• Theist – someone who believes in God
• Atheist – someone who doesn’t believe in God
• Agnostic – someone who believes it is not possible to know whether or not God exists
What are some reasons for atheism?• The problem of evil
• Unanswered Prayers
• Scientific explanations that ‘rule out’ God
• Moral and natural evils
Scientific Explanations:
• Steady state theory
• Biochemical theories
• Chaos theories
Steady State Theory
• The universe has always been here – nothing caused it
Biochemical theories
• Big bang theory
• Evolution
Chaos Theory
• Everything happened by chance – no creator, no plan
Christian Explanations:
• Religion and Science can be in harmony – this is called ‘Conservatism’
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The Problem of Evil:
• If God is omnipotent – he must be able to stop our suffering
• If God is omniscient – he must know we suffer
• If God is benevolent – he cannot want us to suffer
Moral & Natural EvilsMoral: Natural::Borderline::
Unanswered Prayers:
• If God existed – surely he would answer our prayers
• When people pray for something, and it doesn’t happen – they may come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist
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