Theists and Atheists: Best/worst argument for the other side?

Question

What's the best argument the other side has going for them? What's the worst?

Fireball: Did you say science can't save anyone? Was that a "worst" argument from the Theists? Or are you talking spiritually?

Answer 1

Best for atheism: There is ZERO evidence for theism's claims.
Worst for atheism: Using a Pascal's Wager for atheism against theism. (It won't work.)

Best for theism: It's comforting to believe in after-life, etc. (To many anyway, not all.)
Worst for theism: My Holy Book says it's true. It's true because it's the Holy Book and it says so right there! (Using circular reasoning.)

Answer 2

Best argument: What started the Big Bang? (However, it is a "god of the gaps" argument, which is easily refuted.)

Worst argument: Pascal's Wager, because the same could be said to them. (What if the Muslims are right? Or the Hindus? Or some jungle tribe that has not yet gotten its message out to the rest of the world? Then Christians are just as doomed as Atheists.)

Answer 3

I'm an atheist, but if I were a theist I'd for example say that given the rate of progress it is only a matter of time (maybe long time) when humans themselves will become godlike, so why do we assume that the same did not happen to somebody else. The worst argument is of course the bible, that thing is just silly.

Answer 4

The theists: well I.D. is the only one that is even logical. It isn't very compelling, but it least it isn't total crap. It doesn't do a thing for a particular god, however. It only argues for the general idea. If you bought it and only it you would be a Deist, not a Christian.

The wost: Anything that challenges evolution. It happened somehow. There is no reasonable argument against the big idea.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Theists best argument, it just a nice loving way of life.

Worst: if you dont' believe your goign to hell. If we can't understand something as a society the only answer is god.

Answer 7

Just about any Chrisitan cliche is the worst:

"SATAN HAS DECEIVED YOU" (I'll have to blame a third party for your lack of perception)

"SALVATION IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SORE SUBJECT FOR YOU - YOU ARE SO FULL OF HATE AND CONTEMPT" (Your arguments against born again fundamentalism make sense. I'll have to change the focus of our discussion. )

SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU A GREAT DEAL OF HURT FOR YOU TO FEEL THIS WAY"
(You couldn't have possibly left Christianity just because you studied the Bible and you think you found inconsistencies and errors in it. )

"SCRIPTURE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. " Used by the Christian who is at a loss to explain a particular scripture quoted by an unbeliever.

And you can find many more at Psycho Dave's...link below.

Answer 8

Best argument for atheism:

Science works. Everything seems to tick along quite nicely without God. The Law of Conservation of Energy means we no longer need Him to keep putting energy in the Universe, Evolution means we no longer need Him to make us out of God. One by one God's attributes are dissapearing, soon we won't need Him at all.

Worst:

Haha the bible smells of poo stupid theist READ A BOOK.

Most atheists are usually quite tolerant people, and actually have a working sense of humour.

Answer 9

Aesthetic is the very best that theism can come up with.

All the rest of the arguments for the existence of god are pathetic. Teleology and cosmology are probably the most annoying and flawed.

Answer 10

Theist arguments:

- Jesus's teachings were based on love, that's true
- Many ancient civilizations functioned with religions


- "How do atheists survive without a moral law code?"
- "Do you know that Atheism was a religion all along?"
- "How do you prove god doesn't exist?"

* "If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?" (It's closer to creation v.s evolution, however, it cracks me up all the time)