Case 09 · Apologetic · The class
Atheism
The burden of proof, and the evidence from the universe, morality and reason.
9 claims · 20 exhibits · 27 objections answered
What this case argues
- The universe began to exist a finite time ago, which points to a cause beyond space, time, and matter.
- Things that could have failed to exist cannot explain themselves, so reality rests on a necessary, self-existent being.
- The basic constants of physics fall within narrow life-permitting ranges, which is evidence of a designer.
- People across cultures treat some acts as truly wrong, and this objective moral law points to a moral lawgiver.
- If the mind is only the product of blind evolution aimed at survival, we lose grounds for trusting reason, which fits better with a rational creator.
- The history of science and Christianity is not a story of constant warfare, and many founders of modern science were themselves believers.
- In the Bible the word “faith” means grounded trust, not belief without evidence.
- Calling atheism merely a lack of belief does not escape the burden of proof once someone makes claims about what is real.
- The case for God is best made as a cumulative one, where several independent lines of evidence each raise the probability and together point the same way.
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