10 Really Bad Atheist Arguments W/ Dr. William Lane Craig (Pt 1)

In this clip I ask Dr. Craig to respond to common arguments against the existence of God given in rapid-fire, hand selected by you guys. Dr. Craig gracefully and concisely tears them down one by one.

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[Uriel-Septim.]

“Atheism turns out to be too simple, if the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning”-- C.S. Lewis.

[buckanderson]

There actually was a Santa Clause. He was a Christian from a wealthy family who paid for two people to be married by leaving an anonymous gift for them. They couldn't afford the marriage dowry for the girl to be married and her father couldn't afford for her not to be married. It made him so happy that he kept giving people in need anonymous gifts for the rest of his life. He made giving and helping others his life's purpose.

[rgvonsanktpauli]

The astounding fact that William Lane Craig has for decades so often rebutted, with such extraordinary patience, the same poorly reasoned atheistic objections might just be adequate proof for the existence of miracles. You know, just saying. :-)

[paradisecityX]

Actually Saint Nick did exist -- he punched out the heretic

[ewankerr]

Today, I had a discussion with an ardent, angry atheist. He made it clear to me that there was "no proof" of God. He listed many of his religious grievances but would not allow any response. He denounced the different versions of the Bible and all its corruptions. When I asked if he had studied textual criticism, he exploded.He was not open to any discussion or reasoning. But he certainly won the shouting argument.

[antoniomoyal]

I'm a practising catholic and William Lane Craig is such a source of inspiration. It is not only what he argues; It is how calmly he does it. He disarms atheist bullies.

[Glasstable]

There is no argument ‘for’ atheism beyond “I am not convinced by your evidence for God.”

[jameshills]

The children’s version of Santa Claus is modelled on God. He can hear everyone’s thoughts, he can traverse the globe and attend to all children needs in one night, he knows if you’ve been good or bad, etc. Santa is not the model for God, God is the model for Santa.

[Ap]

I have so much respect for Dr Craig answering them in a calm, thoughtful manner. These are not even arguments, at best they are soundbites.

[videolifeca]

Apologists never start their argument from the nul hypothesis and then find evidence to prove God. They start from the overall assumption that one God exists and then conjure up ideas that support it and back it up by popular and personal feelings that all can be explained in other ways without God.

[cameronvinson]

Once People believe in a Higher Being or a Creator, then that means that People are Accountable for Wrongdoings. It's easier to blame a being that does or doesn't exist, because blaming a being that doesn't exist takes away human responsibility.

[mabybee]

As I scrolled further in the comments, I realized most of the comments from atheists were the same overused questions/statements that have been answered by amateur philosophers for years now. The only reason I say “most” is because I stopped after I realized everything I was reading was stuff I found solid rebuttals to years ago when I first began pursuing the existence of God and where I fell on the issue. There might have been something better further down, but it’s tiring wading through the same pseudo-intellectual arguments from both sides, but especially the atheistic side.

[WhereWhatHuh]

"There's no evidence" really means "There's no evidence that I accept."

[elainehiggins]

William Lane Craig does not “debate” anyone. He has a prepared lecture and recites from it.

[abcdpqrs]

No atheist can answer this: why do atheistic civilizations break down in short time in comparison to theistic civilizations?

[hewhositsuponfroggychair]

Saint Nick was actually a real guy who would sneak into poor people's houses and leave them food, toys or money on Christmas eve

[nickduggan]

On # 2: God is outside of space time and matter, therefore timeless, spaceless and immaterial. Therefore the "who created God" question is making the false assumption that God is limited by time.

[bluegtturbo]

WLC Craig states 'It's physically impossible for Santa Claus to do what he's supposed to do on Christmas eve'...well only if Santa doesn't have supernatural powers!

[starvethemonster]

How do I distinguish the real God from something that has only convinced me it's God?

[marquisinspades]

Always switches the word “evidence” to “arguments” when he’s talking about god because he knows there’s no evidence. I could make arguments that the Earth is flat, doesn’t mean that we have any evidence that the earth is flat.