Why There Is No God: Quick Responses to 10 Common
Theist Arguments
By - Armin Navabi
1. "Science can't explain the complexity and order of life; God must have
designed it to be this way."
First, when considering this position, it's important to recognize the
difference between complexity and design. Complexity itself does not require
an intelligent creator. It's easy to impose a design upon things that exist by
chance or develop through a natural process like evolution.
To an extent, this argument gains traction because of wide
misunderstanding of science and especially evolution. Everything in the
universe conforms to certain simple scientific rules that have been repeated
over billions of years. While this can be awe-inspiring, it by no means
suggests a creator.
Failure to understand the scientific principles guiding the creation and
development of the universe does not mean that a deity must exist to
explain the natural world.
2. "God's existence is proven by scripture."
This argument presupposes its premise. People believe in scripture and place
value in the words because they already believe in the religious principles
the text describes. There is no inherent value to the Bible, Quran or any
other religious text; these documents are not self-authenticating in any way.
In fact, many factual inaccuracies and inconsistencies can be found within
religious texts themselves. For example, the Bible contains two separate
creation stories, each of which provides a very different explanation.
Similarly, there is no historical, archaeological or scientific evidence to
support many of the stories in the Bible and the Quran.
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