Here’s a post on Tough Questions Answered that got 66 comments!
Excerpt:
Four times in the past year I have heard the following kind of statement from atheists: “Religious people are dangerous because they think they have answers to ultimate questions.” Twice these comments were uttered by personal friends of mine, and twice I heard them expressed by atheists in debates that I listened to via mp3. The first few times I heard the comment I didn’t think much of it. The fourth time, however, has bothered me enough that I need to respond.
What are the ultimate questions that religious people think they know the answers to? Generally, these are questions like the following:
- Where did the universe come from?
- How do we know what is right and what is wrong?
- Does God exist?
- What happens to us after we die?
- What is the purpose of our lives?
Atheists seem to be alarmed by the fact that religious people think they have answers to these questions. The argument is that people who think they have answers to these questions are often dogmatic, uninterested in reason, irrational, arrogant, and exclusionary. The flip side of this argument is that people who claim to have no answers to these questions are open-minded, reasonable, rational, intellectually humble, and [inclusive].
They go on to answer the objection in the quote. But I’m not showing that here, you have to click through!
You may also be interested in this one question that you should ask all your atheist friends about their “moral” views. Ask them the question, then have a discussion with them about what morality really is, and what worldview grounds what morality really is.
WINTERY KNIGHT 