The Hardest Questions for Atheists to Answer

Are these the most difficult questions for atheists to answer? They might be, honestly.

Atheists and Christian apologists alike get caught up in questions “atheists can’t answer.” Here I discuss questions I think are genuinely hard for atheists to answer, but maybe not for the reasons you think.

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[nagranoth_]

the obvious answer is "that's a loaded question and I'm not playing your game. Obviously if a god actually showed itself to me I would then be a theist. Whether I would also worship it is a different topic, for theist me, which I'm not"

[Mr.Crowley]

I love how the Christians immediately conflate “believe” with “worship.” So even if god exists, and we all believe he exists because this is made clear to all, that doesn’t mean we would necessarily *WORSHIP* this god for all the reasons you mention.

[vengerofthelight]

"If Odin the All-Father appeared before you to prove he exists, would you worship him?"

[MasamiPhoenix]

My problem with these questions is that they’re ultimately pointless.

When completely cleaned up, the question boils down to "If we assume for a moment that I'm 100% right, would you accept that I'm 100% right?"

Beyond that, there's the fact that my answer is irrelevant because this hasn't happened, and I - by definition - don't believe it ever can. Its a useless hypothetical.

[Cajek]

"Hey Atheist - explain all of existence or I win"

[bodan]

-Kirsti- Kristi answered absolutely unambiguously; she would not worship.
She would know (so no need for belief), and she would not worship.
I know that certain politicians exist, but I will not belive most of anything they say, and never ever worship any.

[saintjynr]

I hate the "you dont understand how god thinks, it may look bad to you but its ultimately for good". Well, how do YOU know that he's doing it for good? You dont know how he thinks, you only know what he told you he is, and both a good and evil god would tell the same thing, "what I'm doing is good"

[jimmonroe]

To paraphrase Captain Kirk, "Why does god need my worship?"

[taoofjester]

If it happened, I would wonder why God is so insecure and needs me to worship him. I would advise him to go to therapy and work through his abandonment issues. Hopefully, he would finally get to the point where he could love himself just for being himself and not need love and validation from everyone else.

[SpaceShark]

“There is no question that cannot be answered and there is no answer that cannot be questioned“ - Kick Buttowski

[Cajek]

Just because a thing exists doesn't mean it has to be worshipped btw and worshipping a bully is something I wouldn't do ever.

[Alacritous]

6:28 "But he loves me" the refrain of the abused wife covering for her man. No. You don't have to take that shit.

[MissyAmy]

Its so hard for christians to understand that others dont see the bible as anything but fiction. «The bible says» is like arguing what Odin says or even better what Gandalf says in LOTR. When I get quoted the bible I quote an other famous book of fiction😂

[brenatevi]

If "god" appeared to me, I would still ask questions. As the Great Captain Kirk once asked, "Why does God need a spaceship?" God could just be an alien and still not deserve worship.

What these Christians really want is our blind obedience. They want us to kneel to their beliefs without question.

[mickey_gnome_s]

1:37 ? He just changed 'worship' to 'believe'! He needed to set up a strawman just to make his argument viable. I believe Ted Bundy was real. I think he was an absolute monster. According to this apologist's logic, I people should have worshipped Ted because he was real.

[ragreen]

I'm a 60 year old Christian (progressive) and the atheist 'gotcha' questions are just awful and insulting. Thanks for what you do.

[NathanColvin]

This is actually fairly easy for me to answer. If I were able to directly meet and interact with God, in pretty much the same way that I’m able to meet and interact with any other person in my life, and if God were as truly amazing and loving and wonderful as Christians claim that he is, then I’m sure I’d feel instantly and naturally drawn to him, and I’d feel naturally compelled to continue a relationship with him. I find that I tend to be drawn to caring, nurturing, loving people. But I can’t even get there, if I can’t even verify that God exists in the first place. The first step in any healthy relationship is meeting each other, and sharing two-way interactions & experiences together. This is actually a very, very simple concept to understand.

So, why am I able to meet and interact with Christian apologists & proselytizers, and not with the all powerful, all knowing, all loving God who supposedly _wants_ to have a loving, personal relationship with me?

[farkasmactavish]

6:18 "Any ends achieved by despicable means are worthless." --Suzaku Kururugi, Code Geass

[tdd]

Acceptance (evidence-based belief) and Worship are two different things.

I accept that Kim Jong Un exists.
I will not submit to nor worship him.

I'm hard pressed to think of a scenario where I'd "worship" someone. And only a narcissist or tyrant demands it.

[entityself]

I don't care if God exists, I won't worship him, I also don't worship myself (wtf?). I don't worship anything because that is just stupid.