Arguments For God's Existence Tier List

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Natural theology has been a focus of this channel and podcast for the past six years, but never have I attempted to rank arguments for God's existence until now.

To do this, I enlisted the help of Joe Schmid from the Majesty of Reason, a delightfully knowledgeable philosopher, whose channel you can find below.

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0:00 Introduction
2:47 The Contingency Argument
19:12 The Kalam Cosmological Argument
35:07 The Anselmian Ontological Argument
49:17 The Modal Ontological Argument
1:07:13 The Fine Tuning Argument
1:28:39 The Moral Argument
1:40:30 The Argument From the Resurrection of Jesus
1:55:25 Outro

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As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons:

Itamar Lev
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[kaganamemiku]

I find it hilarious that two non theists convince me more of existence of god than people who are actually supposed to do it as their job.

[fng.antheus]

Regarding the origin of the "S Tier", tier lists actually originated from Japan, and can be seen in certain anime such as Naruto where the highest rank mission is S. This is because in Japan the word for exemplary is 秀, or shū.

[TheStann]

"The thing that exists is greater than the thing that does not." - thing that exists

[rationalityrules]

Beautiful stuff, my dudes <3 Not gonna lie, I might steal this idea from Drew too :D And if I do, blame the PSR ;)

[akihitochan]

"Why are there any blue balls in reality at all?" a great question posed by many denizens of youtube

[Joelthinker]

I love how this is basically what modern philosophy looks like.
Two young lads sitting down and engaging in philosophical dialogue.

Back a century, it would have been the same, but perhaps in more sophisticated aesthetic. I just love how THIS is what philosophy looks like in practice in our day and age. It's cool to watch :)

[ceceroxy]

I like that Alex pushes back on Joe, instead of just agreeing with him.

[belialord]

Joe is brilliant and I think he might be the first guest on the podcast who is actually younger than Alex lol

[spacetaco]

Ok I likely won't watch this video but here's my proof god is real:

Trust me bro.

[mil]

This is such a breath of fresh air: Alex and Joe are crazy smart, polite, charitable, and amazing educators. They actually make me want to crack open a textbook or two on - of all things - philosophy of religion. 🙂

Seeing scholars (or scholars in training) like these guys and others has really inspired me to try and distance myself from the rhetoric driven showmanship of the “apologetics vs counter-apologetics” mindset as much as possible. There’s a whole world out there of philosophy, science and theology to explore that opens up beautifully (with a lot of hard work) when one isn’t studying it just to try and convert/deconvert others.

[alessandrolesa]

I admire anyone willing and capable to do 5 minutes of steelmanning from time to time. You did two hours straight, that deserves praise!

[schnitzelfilmmaker]

As a Christian I think I speak for a vast majority of us when I say these are the two most beloved nontheists on YouTube by Christians

[purpleniumowlbear]

Best argument for God is that no matter how many times I hear these guys talk about him it never gets less interesting.

[rosestolejiminsjams]

honestly such a respectful discussion. I’m Muslim, but I loved every minute of this

[keniag]

I agree with Alex about the Anselmian ontological argument being one of the strongest, or at least interesting. I get "I think therefore I am" vibes with this one lol. Also, the fine tuning one personally is the most mind blowing. The Hitchens clip by the way is one of my favorite clips of him. Great video guys

[samforsyth]

This is probably the best and most honest discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of these arguments! love how you kept going back and forth steelmanning different parts of the arguments, and taking turns challenging and defending them.

Also Joe's impression of WLC is probably the best impression since that new SNL guy's trump impression.

[elijahhouchens]

This was an excellent conversation. I really appreciate the way you guys communicate the arguments. Also, I am a Christian and am subscribed to both of your channels. You guys should do more collaborative events. Thanks!!

[obad.iah.]

As a Christian, this was very enjoyable. God bless you. Thank you for representing the arguments extremely farily.

[axolotl]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. For more than an hour, I was curious "what was Joe's position?" Which was impressive on his part to not come across as biased. I'm gonna subscribe to his channel.

[giannidewaele]

might be interesting to do a tier list of arguments against god.