Ravi Zacharias Answers Atheists Part 4

Ravi Zacharias, Christian apologist, discusses atheism.

The audio was downloaded from www.rzim.org under the podcast "Let My People Think"

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqbFxZ-3XA4

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge6rZBXAszI

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PzZyQE7aE

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySP7VsAaUM

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[hexusziggurat]

@Ozzyman200 synonym:An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine.

They may have similar "notes" to a degree or perhaps even the same "feel" but they are most definately different.

[hexusziggurat]

@Ozzyman200 agnostic:a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience

atheist:a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

subnote in atheism:Can be confused: 1. agnostic, atheist (see synonym note at the current entry ); 2. atheist, theist, deist.

[Ozzyman200]

@hexusziggurat

"I use dictionaries on a regular basis". Again you make a claim that fits no evidence. You criticised me but as soon as you get it back you whine that I'm not being nice. Classic hypocrisy. If you want to be treated nicely, then start by being nice.

Again, look the words up. There is no contradiction between being atheistic and agnostic. If you think so, then provide evidence. Use a dictionary.

[GOOdGuyGreg1]

@hexusziggurat "we re not talking about other things here"... are you actually retarded? if i asked you to disprove that that bigfoot exists, could you do it? No you couldnt. why don't you believe in bigfoot? because theres no evidence to show he exists. that is the athiest stance. i get my morals from the environment brought up in. i decide that genocide is evil. god condones it. therefore god is evil.

[hexusziggurat]

@Ozzyman200 "I am simply reading a dictionary, which wouldn't hurt you." I use dictionaries on a regular basis......nice jab. Try to be a bit more nice, it wouldn't hurt you. So now you are meshing 2 worldviews...thats like saying "i'm an agnostic-theist" or better yet, a woman says she's half-pregnant. If you are undecided about God and "proof" would change your mind ...you are agnostic. If you say "there is no god(s)" thats atheist...and thats out of the dictionary.

[Ozzyman200]

@hexusziggurat

I am simply reading a dictionary, which wouldn't hurt you. Your definition of agnostic is correct. I am an agnostic atheist as are almost all atheists.

[hexusziggurat]

@GOOdGuyGreg1 "atheism doesnt say there cannot be a god because it cannot disprove it. what is your point? you cant disprove many things." but we're not talking about other things here.

"extremely evil creation" where did you borrow you idea of what "evil" is?

"if you ve had a personal experience, why were you favoured?"

Thats a good question, of one i've asked myself many times. Do i think myself the only one privy to such things? definately not,special...nope. clarified-yes

[GOOdGuyGreg1]

@hexusziggurat atheism doesnt say there cannot be a god because it cannot disprove it. what is your point? you cant disprove many things. you cant disprove that zeus doesnt exist. the point of atheists is that the bible and other monotheistic creations, in many cases are inaccurate and the bible is an extremely evil creation. have you actually read it? the things in there are nonsensical. you say you have proof. what is yours? if you ve had a personal experience, why were you favoured?

[hexusziggurat]

@GOOdGuyGreg1 "atheists say that since there is absolutely no evidence/no encounter, then we can assume that it is more plausable that there isnt a god, compared to the fictious creations of religion all over the world. atheists do not believe in any human created god" which cannot be claimed unless you have personally exhausted every avenue of evidence. I don't believe in human created gods either. I am not on some saga to disprove dragons either. I have my proof.

[GOOdGuyGreg1]

@hexusziggurat no agnostics accept that there may be a god and there may not be. they re on the fence. atheists say that since there is absolutely no evidence/no encounter, then we can assume that it is more plausable that there isnt a god, compared to the fictious creations of religion all over the world. atheists do not believe in any human created god. we couldnt possibly disprove the existence of god. but you cant disprove dragons can you? it is the rejection of faith.