William Lane Craig Reacts to Why I'm an Atheist

Dr. William Lane Craig watches and reacts to a video of an atheist giving 3 reasons why she's an atheist.

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[VeritasVivet]

William Lane Craig reacting to TikTok atheist videos is like bringing your level 100 pokemon back to the tall grass in the first village

[ThroughTheKJVBibleInOneYear]

Have you ever noticed that people tend to eat what their parents eat? That's why I don't believe in food.

[ericb.]

Her husband was using the "influenced by other religions" argument against Jesus, and she was in agreement. She is simply not informed. She was hurt by the LDS organization, and has now abandoned the search for truth.

[raphaelfeneje]

Not that she's not informed, she willingly doesn't want to engage with the arguments. God bless you immensely ❤✝️

[melissaa]

This young woman is a former Mormon who discovered the fraud behind her LDS beliefs and has been speaking out. Good for her! However, like many coming out of cults who realize they were deceived, she now believes that there is no truth, having abandoned her once firmly held belief system. As one other former LDS remarked on another youtube video who eventually became a believing Christian, “If Mormonism isn’t true, that doesn’t mean that nothing is true.” I pray for this young woman that she will come to know that there is real truth. That she will come to Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

[DaveHof]

She offers the most simplistic and easily refuted points with such pride and confidence - and I fear she is typical of her generation.

[voyager]

Her arguments (with respect) are exceedingly shallow and seem like she spent a hot 30s on them.

[thwartz]

Good to check in on WLC once in a while

[ianmartinesq]

She’s an ex-Mormon and I think she has been burned pretty badly by her former religion and now is overreacting or the atheists got at her during a vulnerable time. Or all theism was too psychologically uncomfortable because it was too reminiscent of her old head space. I think sometimes theists become atheists because they need a change, like moving away from an old house haunted by memories they want to forget. And the other way around.

[JenniferCooper-rr]

Great words Dr. Craig! Appreciate your ministry!

[kvpodmj]

Aside from being a genetic fallacy, the first one doesn’t make much sense to me. There are many true things that are not blatantly obvious.
“If atoms exist, then why did it take humanity so long to come up with a theory for them? You’d think that if they existed, it’d be clearly obvious.”

I think the argument almost assumes that religion, (Christianity in this instance), is obligated to be a part of a priori knowledge. While other truths, (gravity, evolution, iambic pentameter, etc) are not obligated to be the same.

[malgrosskreuz]

"People follow the religion of their parents, therefore, God doesn't exist" is not an argument

[Mark-cdwf]

“Even if there were no evidence for God at all, it still wouldn’t mean God doesn’t exist.”

William Lane Craig

[jopeteus]

If children have the same religion as their parents. If she has children, then her children have the same worldview as her!

[dermmagic]

Yes but her gloating arrogance says she is right and that’s all that matters.
God bless her.

[joshuapearson]

That’s one of my favorite ex-LDS YouTubers. I am a Oneness Pentecostal, but I have had a lot of good conversations with LDS missionaries and have LDS friends. I like to understand the differences and similarities between various groups. She has been on Mormon Stories before- which I enjoy listening to occasionally to understand why people are leaving the LDS church & even religion more generally.

[clintgreive]

Wow, I'm honestly aghast at how poor her arguments actually were! I was truly expecting something a little more sophisticated, but this is even bad as compared to the 'online' village atheist. Perhaps this was the very reason this video was selected for analysis, but I'm actually embarrassed for her.

[Dane]

These videos are great. Dr Craig always breaks down objections calmly and with respect.

[ji]

It is impossible to prove gods exist or don't exist.

What we can prove or disprove are arguments put forward about the belief in God. For instance Noah's Flood, the global inundation, can be proved to have been false a dozen different ways. The beginning of all life on earth however is an unknown and if believers want to say God started it; there is no way to prove them wrong.

[chaldean]

William, you dissect these question elegantly.