Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.
Note 2: This topic is in response to a story in the Christian Post about atheists putting up a billboard to this effect in
-We’re not targeting adherents, but doubters who are hiding in their skeptical closets and need to know there’s a place for them to be honest. Why would you want people in church who don’t really believe it?
-Can you show me heaven or hell? Can you show me the people who wind up there? And can you then show me clearly that those people wound up there for the reasons you claim?
-A scam is a ploy to raise money, a fraudulent business scheme or an attempt to intentionally mislead a person usually with the goal of financial or other gain.
-What do religious leaders do, exactly, except tell nice stories and pretend to be your friend?
-Where does all that money go? What would happen if everyone stopped giving the scammers their money? What percentage of churches would go away? You’ll notice that every religion has some pretty serious pronouncements about money, right?
-Each of these systems claims to be the only way and truth, yet they all have incompatible claims about how that is done.
-If God were really real, why would He let all this nonsense about Him be proclaimed so badly and falsely?
-If you really believed what you say you believe, you wouldn’t be so easily angered by a billboard put up by people like us. Your anger and outrage only proves how insecure and uncertain you really are despite your bluster and protestations.
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