Reductive Analysis of Selected Arguments against the Existence of God (A Perspective Essay)

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018 | ISSN 2454–6186

Reductive Analysis of Selected Arguments against the Existence of God (A Perspective Essay)

Elvis Omondi Kauka

Department of Educational Foundations, University of Kabianga, Kenya

Abstract: The purpose of this Perspective Essay was to logically examine and rebut some of the common arguments posited by Atheists against the existence of God. The essay is purely philosophical. The critical tool of discourse is Deductive argumentation. The essay infers that appealing to the existence of evil as proof against God’s existence is a weak argument based on a faulty conception of the term ‘evil’. It also deduces that what an Atheist calls biblical contradictions are not in the strictest sense contradictions. Lastly, the argument that God’s existence is impossible due to the immorality of those who believe in God is not tenable because God’s existence and his nature do not include human conduct.

I. INTRODUCTION

The proposition ‘God does not exist’ is an extraordinary claim. It implies an in-depth discourse replete with evidence and logical reasoning that is beyond simple apprehension and comprehension. Therefore, the atheist or any person who claims the anti-God statement must be a reasonable person capable of defending the position of God’s non-existence by appealing to evidence and logic. This paper examines some of the evidence and logic behind the proposition of non-belief in God through Reductive reasoning

II. THE CONCEPTS OF ATHEISM AND GOD

Although anyone, for the sake of mental exercise can utter the statement ‘ God does not exist’, the atheist holds it beyond the simple reasoning exercise because it is an existential issue rooted in the belief of an Atheist. There are two concepts tied to this assertion which need serious consideration. These are: ‘God ‘and ‘Atheism’. The common understanding according to Theodicy and religious perspectives is that God is the uncreated creator of all that is. Further, Aristotelian and Thomistic Ontology point out to the fact that God is Pure Substance, Pure act (Purus actus), Being itself, the simplest yet the most necessary entity.

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