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Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence
(adapted
from a forum on the Internet Infidels)
- TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT
(1) God exists.
(2) If God exists, then if
reason exists then God exists.
(3) Reason exists.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
(1) If I say something must have a cause, it has
a cause.
(2) I say the universe must have a cause.
(3) Therefore, the
universe has a cause.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I)
(1) I define God to be X.
(2) Since I can
conceive of X, X must exist.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)
(1) I can conceive of a perfect God.
(2)
One of the qualities of perfection is existence.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
(1) God exists.
(2) God, existing, is
either necessary or unnecessary.
(3) God is not unnecessary, therefore God
must be necessary.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
(1) Check out the world/universe/giraffe. Isn't
it complex?
(2) Only God could have made them so complex.
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT II)
(1) Isn't that
baby/sunset/flower/tree beautiful?
(2) Only God could have made them so
beautiful.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES
(1) My aunt had cancer.
(2) The doctors gave
her all these horrible treatments.
(3) My aunt prayed to God and now she
doesn't have cancer.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- MORAL ARGUMENT (I)
(1) Person X, a well-known atheist, was morally
inferior to the rest of us.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- MORAL ARGUMENT (II)
(1) In my younger days I was a cursing, drinking,
smoking, gambling, child-molesting, thieving, murdering, bed-wetting
bastard.
(2) That all changed once I became religious.
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CREATION
(1) If evolution is false, then creationism is
true, and therefore God exists.
(2) Evolution can't be true, since I lack
the mental capacity to understand it; moreover, to accept its truth would
cause me to be uncomfortable
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FEAR
(1) If there is no God then we're all going to
die.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE
(1) [arbitrary passage from OT]
(2)
[arbitrary passage from NT]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE
(1) Look, there's really no point in me
trying to explain the whole thing to you stupid atheists -- it's too
complicated for you to understand. God exists whether you like it or
not.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENCE
(1) Okay, I don't pretend to be as
intelligent as you guys -- you're obviously very well read. But I read the
Bible, and nothing you say can convince me that God does not exist. I feel him
in my heart, and you can feel him too, if you'll just ask him into your life.
"For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son into the world,
that whosoever believes in him shall not perish from the earth" John
3:16.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF
(1) If God exists, then I should believe in
Him.
(2) I believe in God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION
(1) See this bonfire?
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- PARENTAL ARGUMENT
(1) My mommy and daddy told me that God
exists.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS
(1) Millions and millions of people believe in
God.
(2) They can't all be wrong, can they?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY
(1) Maranathra!
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ECONOMY
(1) God exists, you bastards!
(2) Therefore,
God exists.
- BOATWRIGHT'S ARGUMENT
(1) Ha ha ha.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- DORE'S ARGUMENT
(1) I forgot to take my meds.
(2) Therefore, I AM
CHRIST!!
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GUITAR MASTERY
(1) Eric Clapton is God.
(2) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INTERNET AUTHORITY
(1) There is a website that
successfully argues for the existence of God.
(2) Here is the URL.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPREHENSIBILITY
(1) Flabble glurk zoom boink blubba
snurgleschnortz ping!
(2) No one has ever refuted (1).
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM
(1) Telling people that God exists
makes me filthy rich.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- MITCHELL'S ARGUMENT
(1) The Christian God exists.
(2) Therefore, all
worldviews which don't assume the Christian God's existence are false and
incomprehensible.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (I)
(1) Atheists are spiritually blind.
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (II)
(1) God is love.
(2) Love is
blind.
(3) Ray Charles is blind.
(4) Therefore, Ray Charles is
God.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FALLIBILITY
(1) Human reasoning is inherently
flawed.
(2) Therefore, there is no reasonable way to challenge a
proposition.
(3) I propose that God exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SMUGNESS
(1) God exists.
(2) I don't give a crap
whether you believe it or not; I have better things to do than to try to
convince you morons.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM META-SMUGNESS
(1) Fuck you.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MANIFESTATIONS
(1) If you turn your head sideways and
squint a little, you can see an image of a bearded face in that
tortilla.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- SLATHER'S ARGUMENT
(1) My toaster is God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETE DEVASTATION
(1) A plane crashed killing 143
passengers and crew.
(2) But one child survived with only third-degree
burns.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBLE WORLDS
(1) If things had been different, then
things would be different.
(2) That would be bad.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SHEER WILL
(1) I DO believe in God! I DO believe in God!
I do I do I do I DO believe in God!
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NONBELIEF
(1) The majority of the world's population are
nonbelievers in Christianity.
(2) This is just what Satan intended.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POST-DEATH EXPERIENCE
(1) Person X died an
atheist.
(2) He now realizes his mistake.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL
(1) God loves you.
(2) How could
you be so heartless to not believe in him?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENT BABBLE
(1) See that person spazzing on the
church floor babbling incoherently?
(2) That's how infinite wisdom reveals
itself.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (I)
(1) The human spirit exists.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (II)
(1) Check out this video segment.
(2) Now how
can anyone watch that and NOT believe in God?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- CALVINISTIC ARGUMENT
(1) If God exists, then he will let me watch you
be tortured forever.
(2) I rather like that idea.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CROCKERY
(1) Pots don't go around giving orders to the
potter.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MASS PRODUCTION
(1) Barbie dolls were created.
(2) If
Barbie dolls were created, then so were trees.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PAROCHIALISM
(1) God is everywhere.
(2) We haven't
been everywhere to prove he's not there.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UPPERCASE ASSERTION
(1) GOD EXISTS! GET USED TO
IT!
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INFINITE REGRESS
(1) Ask atheists what caused the Big
Bang.
(2) Regardless of their answer, ask how they know this.
(3)
Continue process until the atheist admits he doesn't know the answer to one of
your questions.
(4) You win!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INCREDULITY
(1) How could God NOT exist, you bozo?
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HISTORY
(1) The Bible is true.
(2) Therefore, the
Bible is historical fact.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM RESURRECTION
(1) Proof of God's existence will be
available when you rise bodily from your grave.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BIOGENESIS
(1) Where did Adam come from, dummy?
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM STEADFAST FAITH
(1) A lot of really cool people believed
in God their entire lives.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LONELINESS
(1) Christians say that Jesus is their best
friend.
(2) I'm lonely, and I want a best friend.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ARGUMENTATION
(1) God exists.
(2) [atheist's
counterargument]
(3) Yes he does.
(4) [atheist's counterargument]
(5)
Yes he does!
(6) [atheist's counterargument]
(7) YES HE DOES!!!
(8)
[atheist gives up and goes home]
(9) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CREATIVE INTERPRETATION
(1) God is
(a)
The feeling you have when you look at a newborn baby.
(b) The
love of a mother for her child.
(c) That little still voice
in your heart.
(d) Humankind's potential to overcome their
difficulties.
(e) How I feel when I look at a
sunset.
(f) The taste of ice cream on a hot day.
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INSECURITY
(1) We have gone to absolutely berserk lengths
to establish that atheists are laughable morons.
(1.5) Actually, we did so
in the hopes of curing our own insecurities about theism -- but there's no
chance in hell we'll ever admit that.
(2) Therefore, atheists are laughable
morons.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SUPERIORITY
(1) If God does not exist, then I am an
inferior being, since I am not "special" in a cosmic sense.
(2) But I am
superior. Because I am a Christian.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERFECTION
(1) If there are absolute moral standards,
then God exists.
(2) Atheists say that there are no absolute moral
standards.
(3) But that's because they don't want to admit to being
sinners.
(4) Therefore, there are absolute moral standards.
(5)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NECESSITY
(1) Atheists say that they don't need
God.
(2) Which just goes to show that they need God.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (I)
(1) Intellectually, I know that the
existence of God is impossible, or vastly improbable.
(2) But I must put on
the appearance of being cool and intellectual in front of my Christian
apologist peers.
(3) Therefore, I must pretend that (1) is false.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INDULGENCE
(1) Atheists like to think that they can
control their emotional desires.
(2) But they're atheists, so they
can't.
(3) Therefore, atheists feel the need to indulge in whatever they
feel like without worrying about committing sin.
(4) This just goes to show
how they need God in their lives.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HATE
(1) Some atheists hate Christians and
Christianity.
(2) That's why they don't believe in God.
(3) Pathetic,
aren't they?
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM QUENTIN SMITH
(1) Quentin Smith says that God does not
exist.
(2) But God does exist.
(3) Therefore, Quentin Smith cannot be
accepted as an expert on the matter, because he is wrong.
(4) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EVIL SPIRITS
(1) I've just had contact with evil
spirits.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (II)
(1) Atheists say that God doesn't
exist.
(2) But they only say that because they want to look cool and
intellectual in front of their peers.
(3) They don't fool me!
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HOVIND'S CHALLENGE
(1) Kent Hovind offers $250,000 (which
may or may not exist) to anyone who can demonstrate evolution (defined as a
natural, acausal origin of the universe) to a reasonable doubt (meaning with
100% certainty, allowing for no other possibilities whatsoever) in front of a
neutral committee (handpicked by Hovind himself) and according to certain
criteria (carefully worded so as to rule out any possibility whatsoever of the
challenge ever being met).
(2) No atheist has ever met this
challenge.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INSANITY
(1) No sane person could have thought up
Christianity
(2) Therefore, it must be true
(3) Therefore, God exists
- ARGUMENT FROM EXHAUSTION (abridged)
(1) Do you agree with the utterly
trivial proposition X?
(2) Atheist: of course.
(3) How about the
slightly modified proposition X'?
(4) Atheist: Um, no, not really.
(5)
Good. Since we agree, how about Y? Is that true?
(6) Atheist: No! And I
didn't agree with X'!
(7) With the truths of these clearly established,
surely you agree that Z is true as well?
(8) Atheist: No. So far I have
only agreed with X! Where is this going, anyway?
(9) I'm glad we all
agree.....
....
(37) So now we have used propositions X, X', Y, Y', Z,
Z', P, P', Q and Q' to arrive at the obviously valid point R. Agreed?
(38)
Atheist: Like I said, so far I've only agreed with X. Where is this
going?
....
(81) So we now conclude from this that propositions L'',
L''' and J'' are true. Agreed?
(82) I HAVEN'T AGREED WITH ANYTHING YOU'VE
SAID SINCE X! WHERE IS THIS GOING!?
....
(177) ...and it follows that
proposition HRV, SHQ'' and BTU' are all obviously valid. Agreed?
(178)
[Atheist either faints from overwork or leaves in disgust]
(179) Therefore,
God exists.
- MR. GOODSALT'S ARGUMENT (ARGUMENT FROM GENERAL INQUIRY)
(1) Question
for atheist population: [apparently random question]
(2) Your answer is
wrong.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM ORIGINALITY
(1) I have written the following to
demonstrate the existence of God.
(2) [insert entire text of a William Lane
Craig article]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM LIMITED VOCABULARY
(1) You use lots of big
words.
(2) Therefore, I cannot possibly be expected to understand your
refutation of my position.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM SELECTIVE MEMORY
(1) [Christian asks "stumper"
question]
(2) [Atheist answers question]
(3) [A lapse of time]
(4)
[Christian repeats question]
(5) [Atheist repeats answer]
(6) [A lapse
of time]
(7) [Christian repeats question]
(8) [Atheist repeats
answer]
(9) [A lapse of time]
(10) Atheist, you never answered my
question.
(11) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE ECONOMICS
(1) Protestant Christian nations are
rich.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL SANITY
(1) I've had religious experiences that
can't be explained unless I'm insane or God exists.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL LONGETIVITY
(1) The Roman Catholic Church
has been around for a long time.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INEVITABILITY
(1) I have proof that God exists.
(2) I
won't bother to tell you what it is because, being atheists, you would be
hostile to the conclusion anyway.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM "THE MATRIX"
(1) We cannot prove that we don't live in a
Matrix-like world.
(2) Therefore we cannot know reality.
(3) If reality
is contingent, then everything is possible.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SUBJECTIVITY
(1) Everything is subjective.
(2) No
subjective proof can be superior to any other subjective proof.
(3) Based
upon my subjective opinion, your opinion, that if everything is subjective
then, perforce, God is subjective, is false.
(4) Therefore, God
(objectively) exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POSTMODERNISM
(1) I'm going to prove to you that God
exists.
(2) [insert any of the other arguments on this page in here]
(3)
[atheist refutes argument]
(4) I cannot prove there is a God anymore than
anyone of us can prove we really exist in a tangible world.
(5) Therefore,
God exists.
- Meta-Proof
(1) This is a proof of God's existence.
(2) If the reader
finishes reading this proof, the existence of God will be proven to
him/her.
(3) If the existence of God is proven, then God exists.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- Proof By Anecdote
(1) God can be seen by those who believe in
Him.
(2) If the God is seen, then He must exist.
(3) I have seen
God.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL HISTORY
(1) Many modern historians think that
there probably was somebody named Jesus, maybe.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- BENDER’S ARGUMENT(II)
(1) One day, demons were tap-dancing on my roof.
I prayed and they went away.
(2) Therefore, demons are really good
dancers.
(3) Also, God exists.
- RANDMAN’S ARGUMENT
(1) This entry from the 1975 World Book Encyclopedia
on evolution contains some errors that I claim to have already
substantiated.
(2) Mr. Ph.D.-in-Evolutionary-Biology, this proves that
evolution is an unsound scientific concept.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (aka Metacrock's Argument)
(1) I have a
large number of arguments for God.
(2) One of them is probably true.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FORTUITOUS COINCIDENCE
(1) What are the odds of that
happening?
(2) Pretty long, I’ll bet.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- BENDER’S ARGUMENT III (ARGUMENT FROM DAVID BLAINE)
(1) If David Blaine
does real magic, then God exists.
(2) It looked real on his TV
special.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MYSTERIOUS USE OF PREPOSITIONS
(1) It is impossible to
disprove God with your puny human intellect unless you are above God.
(2)
Are you higher than God?
(3) I’ll take that puzzled look on your face as a
no.
(4) Therefore, God (being the highest thing ever) exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TEEN CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
(1) God is so totally awesome,
dude, and if you would pretend that Creed and POD were good bands, you would
realize that.
(2) Also, our Youth Group leader Skip once, like, cured a
broken leg using only the power of the almighty Lord.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SPEAKING IN TOUNGES
(1) My friend here, once started
spontaneously speaking some jibberish that sounded to me kind of like
Russian.
(2) But neither he nor I know anything about Russian.
(3) The
only explanation is God.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY
(1) Many prominent thinkers in
pre-modern Europe believed in God.
(2) Let’s just forget about the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN
(1) If there is a designer, then God must
exist.
(2) If I find a watch in a forest, there must be a designer.
(3)
*throws watch into forest*
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSE
(1) God exists.
(atheist makes
counterarguments)
(2) You know what? I am offended.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER
(1) God exists.
(atheist makes
counterarguments)
(2) You have my prayers.
- ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM
(1) I don't know and you don't know
either.
(2) Therefore, God exists
- ARGUMENT FROM LOVE
(1) Have you ever fallen in love?
(of
course!!)
(2) So what is the cause of love? Isn't it God? Am I right or
not?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM IDENTITY (PC argument)
(1) Believing in God is a central
part of my identity.
(2) You don't mean to deny my identity do you?
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FORMATTING
(1) Behold, foolish atheists, I present you
with an incontrovertible proof of the existence of God.
(2) [Christian
posts 10,000 word document without a single paragraph break]
(3) [Atheists’
eyes implode]
(4) I see that nobody can refute (2).
(5) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NON-CONFRONTATION
(1) I am not here to argue with you
atheists.
(2) But come on, God obviously exists.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EXODUS
(1) If the Exodus story has any basis in
historical fact, then God exists.
(2) Some guy found some chariot wheels at
the bottom of the Red Sea.
(3) There is absolutely no other way that
chariots could get to the bottom of the Red Sea.
(4) This means the Exodus
story is true.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MARTYRDOM
(1) The apostles would not have died for
something they knew wasn't true.
(2) Atheist gives examples of martyrs
outside Christendom.
(3) Obviously those examples were fooled by
Satan.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TINKERBELL
(1) I really want God to be real.
(2) If
you wish for something really hard, it'll come true.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF DISPROOF
(1) You can't prove God doesn't
exist!
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (I)
(1) I once experienced something
I can't explain.
(2) Atheists offer several possible, natural
explanations.
(3) You're just guessing! I was there.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (II)
(1) I have experienced feelings
of God's presence in my mind.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NEUROSCIENCE
(1) Scientists say a portion of our brain
may be responsible for mystical experiences.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (I)
(1) You weren't there to witness
abiogenisis/big bang/etc.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EYEWITNESS (sometimes follows or combined with Lack of
Eyewitness I)
(1) Someone wrote the creation story in the bible.
(2)
That someone must have been an eyewitness to the described events.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (II)
(1) No one's ever seen one
species turn into another.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HALF A WING
(1) Half of a wing is useless!
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PREFERRED ANCESTRY
(1) I don't want to be related to
monkeys.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FOOLISHNESS
(1) The bible says atheists are fools.
(2)
I don't want to be a fool.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PIG'S TEETH
(1) Some scientists once thought a tooth was
from an "ape-man."
(2) Later scientists discovered it was a pig's
tooth.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION
(1) Someone made fun of my faith.
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM JESUS SAID STUFF
(1) Jesus said some really cool
stuff.
(2) No one else had said that stuff.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DIFFERENCES
(1) The Christian God is different than the
gods of other religions.
(2) Therefore, the Christian God exists.
- THE ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN MORALITY (although it could probably be
adapted to just about any religion)
(1) Somewhere, someone who called
himself or herself a Christian did something nice.
(2) This person was
probably not lying.
(3) Therefore, this person was a Christian.
(4)
Therefore, Christians do nice things.
(5) Therefore, Christians are
moral.
(6) Christians believe in the Bible.
(7) Therefore, the Bible is
moral.
(8) The Bible is God's word. It says so.
(9) Therefore, God is
moral.
(10) (We are just ignoring all the not-nice things that Christians
may or may not have done in the past, it's hard to trust history anyway, there
are enemies of God working everywhere).
(11) A moral God would be really
nice.
(12) Therefore, God exists.
- THE ARGUMENT FROM CRAZINESS, aka PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT
(1) I
would go crazy if I didn't believe in God.
(2) I am not crazy.
(3)
Therefore, God exists
- ARGUMENT FROM CHOCOLATE (aka Mrs. Pope's proof)
(1) Chocolate is God's
gift to humanity.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
Now class, would anyone
like to attempt an Argument From Beer?
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION(II)
(1) Jesus said that people would make fun
of Christians.
(2) I am an idiot.
(3) People often point that
out.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WWJD
(1) I have the “What Would Jesus Do?” T-shirt,
bracelet, baseball hat, and shoelaces.
(2) I wear them in public.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION(III)
(1) You atheists are mean!
(2)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INTEREST
(1) If God really doesn’t exist than atheists
wouldn’t spend so much time talking about him.
(2) [Atheist refutes
(1)]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- REID’S ARGUMENT
(1) You assume that your senses are reliable even
though you can’t prove it.
(2) That means I get to assume anything I
want.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY
(1) [Christian posts
argument]
(2) [Atheist refutes argument]
(3) Atheist, you obviously
didn’t understand my argument.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CATCH-PHRASE
(1) There are no atheists in
foxholes.
(2) [Atheist points out atheists in foxholes]
(3) They don’t
count.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- TERCEL’S ARGUMENT (ARGUMENT FROM PROBABILITY)
(1) We should believe
what probably is true.
(2) I have arbitrarily assigned the proposition “God
exists” a probability of 0.75.
(3) That probability came from my ass, which
I know assigns extremely accurate probabilities to propositions concerning the
existence of God.
(4) So God probably exists.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FREE GIFT (aka Kissing Hank's ass)
(1) If some guy came
up to you on the street and offered you a billion dollars for nothing in
return, would you take the money or deny his existence?
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHARITY
(1) Atheists don’t build hospitals.
(2)
[Atheist points out Bill Gates and Ted Turner, who donate millions of dollars
to charity]
(3) Yes, but do they build hospitals?
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SERIOUS ASSERTION
(1) God exists.
(2) No,
seriously.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE OUTCOME
(1) Even if God doesn’t exist, it would
be better if people believed He did.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE
(1) I believe that if God exists, there
will be no evidence for his existence
(2) There is no evidence for the
existence of God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE II (MODIFIED SIMPSON’S ARGUMENT)
(1)
God, if you exist, please give me absolutely no sign.
(2)
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM IDIOCY
(1) I am an idiot.
(2) Even an idiot can see
that God exists.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (I)
(1) Terrorists destroyed the WTC, killing
thousands.
(2) One piece of the rubble sort of looks like a cross.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (II)
(1) A plane was hijacked by
terrorists.
(2) The passengers prayed and attacked the terrorists.
(3)
The plane crashed into a field, killing all aboard.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM III, aka PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT II
(1)
September 11th was really, really bad.
(2) We have bad things happen to us
when we're doing something bad.
(3) Therefore, September 11th was a
punishment for something we did.
(4) Maybe it was being arrogant?
(5)
Yeah, that's it!
(6) God let September 11th happen to teach America
humility.
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MASS MURDER
(1) Stalin was an atheist.
(2) He murdered
millions of people.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TORNADOS
(1) A large tornado hit Kansas City.
(2) The
tornado missed a church but destroyed several hundred homes.
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SPAGHETTI
(1) A few people saw something weird in a bowl
of spaghetti.
(2) Some Catholics believe that it is the Virgin Mary.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MONEY
(1) All U.S. currency contains the motto "In God We
Trust."
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
(1) The Pledge clearly states
that America is "one nation, under God * * *."
(2) The existence of God is
thus a necessary condition for the existence of America.
(3) America
exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS
(1) Some of America's Founding
Fathers wrote favorably about the Bible.
(2) The Founding Fathers were
really, really smart.
(3) Accordingly, the Bible must be true.
(4) The
Bible says that God exists.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS II
(1) The Declaration of
Independence includes the words "God" and "Creator".
(2) Only a Christian
would include the words "God" and "Creator"!
(3) Therefore this is a
Christian Nation.
(4) A Christian Nation couldn't last over 200 years
without God's help.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE FALL OF PAGAN ROME
(1) When Jesus was crucified, the
Roman Empire was pagan, ruled by a pagan Emperor.
(2) A couple of hundred
years later, lots of Romans were Christians, and the Emperor was a Christian
too!
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LOTS OF BOOKS
(1) The bible has lots of books written by
lots of authors over a long period of time.
(2) Through centuries of
vigorous apologetics we've been able to forge a more or less coherent plot for
the whole bible.
(3) It is beyond human ability for so many authors over so
long a time to write so many books from which we could hammer such a
plot.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (I) (argument from sacrifice)
(1)
The bible said Jesus died for our sins.
(2) No other religious text
describes a god that died for our sins!
(3) Therefore, the Christian God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (II) (argument from
resurrection)
(1) The bible said Jesus rose from the dead.
(2) No other
religious text describes a god that rose from the dead!
(3) Therefore, the
Christian God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BRUTE FORCE
(1) [Christian tears Darwin Fish off car,
breaks it in thirds, sticks it to driver's side window.]
(2) Therefore, the
theory of evolution is wrong.
(3) Therefore, creationism is right.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TROY
(1) There is little archeological evidence for the
events in Exodus.
(2) But look at Troy! It is discovered when people
thought the Iliad was only a story! So who knows if there would be a time
evidence for Exodus was discovered?
(3) Therefore the Exodus actually
happened.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PROPHECY
(1) The book of Daniel made some
prophecies.
(2) The prophecy was later fulfilled by other records in the
Book of Daniel.
(3) The prophecy came true!
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SHAME
(1) The Bible showed a group of people performing
embarassing actions.
(2) It must be true if the book describes negative
events.
(3) The Bible is describing historical events.
(4) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EQUAL VALUE (PC argument II)
(1) Evolution and the
scientific worldview is a worldview. Similarly, the biblical worldview is a
worldview.
(2) You are not discriminating against our worldview are
you?
(3) The Biblical worldview is as good as the scientific
worldview.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MODERATION (often employed by liberals)
(1) The
Creationist side occupies an extreme side of the spectrum.
(2) Similarly,
the atheist side occupies another extreme side of the spectrum.
(3) The
liberals are in between.
(4) Therefore, the liberal position on God is the
most correct.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHICK
(1) I have all these cool Jesus comics.
(2) I
also think Eternal is smart with all those great arguments.
(3) Those
comics sure convinced me!
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EVIDENTIAL ASSERTION (a.k.a. "Henry Morris Argument")
(1)
God exists.
(2) Therefore all physical evidence (fossil record etc) must
show this.
(3) Therefore it does.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF MEANNESS
(1) If God didn't exist, it would be
mean of him to make me believe he did!
(2) God isn't mean.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WE ALL GOT FAITH
(1) We all believe in something.
(2)
Therefore we all have faith.
(3) My faith in God is no different from your
faith that the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COOLNESS
(1) That's really cool.
(2) God must have
done that.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WTC II
(1) Terrorists destroyed the WTC, killing
thousands.
(2) An intact bible was found in the ruins.
(3) No, wait, it
turns out it was a dictionary.
(4) Oh, well, God exists anyway.
- ARGUMENT FROM COLLEGE FUNDING (usable by parents only)
(1) You believe
in God.
(2) If I ever find out that you don't believe in God, you won't get
any money for college!
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SNOWFLAKES
(1) Out of 3,300 pictures of snow-crystals
catalogued no two are exactly alike. Each has 6 points crossing at a 60 degree
angle. If one is like a fern it has 6 out-pointing leaves; if like a windmill,
It has 6 sails; if like a starfish, 6 ribs; or if like a fir tree, 6 stems
with plumes set in perfect symmetry. This makes 3 distinct triangles to each
flake. The Hebrew word for snow equals 333 (Hebrew letters stand for
numbers).
(2) Could it not be that God has set His symbol of the Triune God
in each flake? The average snow storm produces about 1000 billion
crystals.
(3) Only an intelligent Being could design so many forms.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CUSTODY (used by the parents of a friend of mine)
(1) We
have legal custody of your son.
(2) If you don't act as though the
Christian God existed, then we won't let you see him.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FIDEISM (aka Martin Gardner's argument)
(1) Atheists are
absolutely right. There is no logical reason to believe God exists.
(2) But
he makes me feel good anyway.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- Argument from Pepper's Philosophy Class (AKA The Energy Argument)
(1)
Things that exist have energy.
(2) Energy is alive.
(3) All living
things are made from energy.
(4) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM A BAD TRIP
(1) I went to a party and took LSD.
(2) I
saw demons attacking me.
(3) Then Jesus came and drove the demons
away.
(4) So I joined the Assemblies of God.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM STUPIDITY
(1) I am stupid.
(2) God made man in his own
image.
(3) There are all horrible disasters going around the world.
(4)
God is omnipotent in power.
(5) God is too stupid to do anything about
these things.
(6) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM STAR TREK
(1) You will be assimilated.
(2) All your
salvations belong to us.
(3) Resistance is futile.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER
(1) When I pray, either it comes true or God has a
better plan.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DEMOCRACY
(1) God would never allow a non-Christian to
become president.
(2) There has never been a non-Christian
president.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PAIN AVOIDANCE
(1) If I don't believe God exists, I'll go
to Hell.
(2) Please don't hurt me.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MOUNTAINS
(1) People used to think gods lived on Mt.
Olympus.
(2) We've climbed Mt. Olympus and there were no gods there.
(3)
Therefore, pagan gods are false.
(4) Therefore, the Christian God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FUZZY ANIMALS (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT III)
(1) Bunnies
are cute.
(2) Cuteness is not an evolutionary advantage.
(3) Therefore,
cuteness must have been designed.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POLITICS
(1) The vast majority of the people believe in
God.
(2) I'll get elected if I pretend to believe in God.
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PRESIDENTIAL IGNORANCE
(1) If I ask God to blesserize
Texas, nobody'll mess with it.
(2) Nobody messes with Texas.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COINCIDENCE
(1) We were driving home with our youth
pastor when it started to rain really hard outside.
(2) We pulled over to
the side of the road, joined hands and asked gawd to deliver us home
safely.
(3) We arrived home safely.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COMPUTERS
(1) I tried to delete a copy of the TEN
COMMANDMENTS from my computer. It would not have mattered as I had another
copy on file.
(2) Still the computer malfunctioned.
(3) The computer had
more sense than atheists who made it.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INVISIBILITY
(1) God is invisible.
(2) I can't see
God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM RAIN (aka PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT III)
(1) I wanted
it to be a sunny day.
(2) I prayed it wouldn't rain.
(3) We had two
thunderstorms.
(4) Obviously, God didn't want to answer my prayer.
(5)
Of course not! What a selfish thing to pray for! How dare I try to compel God
to my selfish desires!
(6) The rain was God's punishment for my selfish
desires.
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD #1
(1) I Have a philosophy degree.
(2)
Your knowledge in philosophy is paltry in comparison to mine.
(3) Therefore
you are unable to comprehend my intense philosophical proofs proving God's
existence.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD #2
(1) I created the term "arbitrary
necessity".
(2) It is a golden principle and applies to whatever I say it
does.
(3) I say an eternal universe is an arbitrary necessity.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BEER
(1) "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to
be happy." - Ben Franklin
(2) Beer exists.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BEER II
(1) Christian: Whatever you believe in is your
god.
(2) Atheist: I believe I'll have another beer.
(3) Ha ha.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MONKEYS
(1) If man came from monkeys, there shouldn't be
anymore monkeys.
(2) There are still monkeys.
(3) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM C.S. LEWIS
(1) C.S. Lewis had a lot of good arguments in
favor of Christianity... at least that’s what all my Christian friends tell
me...
(2) C.S. Lewis wrote some popular books too!
(3) So anything C.S.
Lewis said must be right!
(4) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNIVERSAL DESTRUCTION
(1) I woke up this morning and
found that the universe still exists.
(2) Therefore, its destruction was
averted by God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DEAD FIREFIGHTERS
(1) All those dead firefighters were
blessed by a Catholic priest before they gave their lives.
(2) For people
they didn't even know!
(3) Yes, they were TOO mostly Catholics!
(4) I
just know!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TODD BEAMER
(1) Todd Beamer prayed "Our Father" with a
switchboard operator after his flight was hijacked.
(2) Todd Beamer was a
hero.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FALWELL
(1) Jerry Falwell said some really stupid things
after September 11th.
(2) Then he apologized!
(3) He was inspired by God
to repent!
(4) No, it had nothing to do with the public outcry!
(5) Why?
Because God told me so!
(6) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTISTS
(1) Some famous scientists believed in
God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FLOWERS
(1) That flower is pretty.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM INSTRUMENTATION
(1) You are an atheist.
(2) You did
something kind.
(3) You are an instrument of God.
(4) God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM QUANTUM PHYSICS
(1) Quantum physics uses an uncertainty
principle.
(2) There is room for God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THERMODYNAMICS
(1) The Second Law of Thermodynamics says
that a closed system tends to disorder.
(2) The universe is ordered.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SONGS
(1) The song "America the Beautiful" has the line
"God shed his grace on thee."
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM APOLOGETICS WEBPAGES
(1) I was surfing the Net and came
across this really cool webpage of apologetics.
(2) Their arguments were
stunning. I couldn't refute them.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COMFORT
(1) All kinds of people have found comfort in
religion.
(2) That means there must be something there to give comfort to
them.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BILL O'REILLY
(1) Atheism is challenging this country's
Christian roots!
(2) We are Christians!
(3) We will make a big stink
about this, and not let atheists win!
(4) We will win because God is on our
side!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EXILSTENTIALISIC LONELINESS
(1) This can't be all there
is to existence.
(2) I mean it's so horrible, pointless, brutal and
nasty.
(3) It's all so depressing.
(4) I'm lonely.
(5) There has to
be something else out there.
(6) I mean it, there just has to be.
(7)
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE!
(8) AGGGRRG!!! THERE JUST HAS TO
BE!!!!
(9) God! He can be out there for me.
(10) I'm not so lonely
now!
(11) Yay!
(12) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SINS I LIKE (aka PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT IV)
(1) I
don't like abortion.
(2) But this is just my opinion.
(3) I want my
opinion backed up with facts.
(4) But in the absence of facts, morals will
do.
(5) Christians say abortion is a sin! Yeah! I have allies!
(6) But
for a sin to exist and Christians to be right, God must exist.
(7)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN SOLIPSISM
(1) Nothing but Jesus is real.
(2)
See #1.
- The ARGUMENT FROM THE THRONE ROOM
(1) Would you stand in the presence
of a mighty king and demand that he prove he exists?
(2) No?
(3) That's
what you're doing with God, you arrogant bastards.
(4) I don't CARE that
you can't see him!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF IMAGINATION
(1) I couldn't imagine not believing
in God.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WOW
(1) "When I look into the sky and see all the pretty
stars, all those galaxies..."
(2) Wow.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM KINDLY PSYCHOANALYSIS
(1) You say there's no God? Ah,
someone calling themselves Christian must have really hurt you in the
past
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE IGNORED
(1) Dembski, Behe and
Plantinga are ignored by mainstream intellectuals
(2) Only a fear of the
truth could explain this.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE NOT IGNORED
(1) Mainstream
intellectuals are paying some attention to Dembski, Behe and Plantinga.
(2)
Only a growing recognition of the truth could explain this.
(3) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COUNTERFACTUAL EVIDENCE
(1) You claim the evidence for
Jesus' divinity is non-existent.
(2) But if there was lots of evidence, you
would still not be convinced.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNSEEN MIRACLES
(1) Atheists wouldn't believe in God even
if He showed up and performed a miracle for them.
(2) See! There was a
miracle right over there! Didn't you see it?
(3) No?
(4) You must be an
atheist. Therefore, you cannot see miracles.
(5) But miracles happen. You
just can't see them.
(6) Likewise, God exists. You just can't see Him,
because you are so determined not to.
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WIND
(1) You believe in wind.
(2) But you can't see
it.
(3) God's the same way
(4) It IS TOO analogous!
(5) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WARREN ROBINETT
(1) There's a secret message in the video
game "Adventure."
(2) It reveals that the game was Created By Warren
Robinett.
(3) It's the same way with the world.
(4) Look for the secret
messages, and you will find the World's Creator.
(5) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSIVENESS (aka GOODY2SHOES'S ARGUMENT)
(1) You keep
making statements that I think are generalizations, hypocritical, and
bigoted.
(2) I will only agree to stay if you stop that.
(3)
[non-believer tries to be non-offensive]
(4) You're still offending me
because of [insert random statement here].
(5) [non-believer rereads her
posts before posting, posting when she thinks she is not being
offensive].
(6) I'm offended!
(7) [non-believer tears her hair out
trying to figure out how to be non-offensive]
(8) This conversation is just
the two of us. I think we should stop this conversation.
(9) [non-believer
figures 'Fuck it' and posts what she really thinks]
(10) WOW! WHAT A BIGOT!
I'm leaving!
(11) I have a spiritual victory.
(12) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY 2 (TERCEL'S ARGUMENT)
(1) I have a large
number of arguments for God.
(2) There is a small chance that each of them
is true.
(3) Using voodoo probability calculations, this means that there
is a much greater chance that all of them are true taken together!
(4) And
this ISN'T just the mathematical version of the Ontological Proof, I'm a real
mathematician and you obviously can't understand this proof because you don't
know as much about math as me.
(5) Oh, and don't confuse things by
mentioning how many atheistic arguments there are, and the probability of each
of them being correct...
(6) Or the fact that I basically pulled the
probability of each of my arguments being correct out of my ass...
(7) And
admit that I know more about math than you, and you'll see that...
(8)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
(1) One time, I was in deep
emotional pain.
(2) I prayed to God, and felt His presence.
(3) You
aren't going to deny my emotional pain, are you?
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ABUSING THE BODY
(1) One time, I fasted for three days
straight, prayed on my knees for hours, and didn't sleep, either.
(2) At
the end of that time, God answered me.
(3) You see, you just have to
mortify the flesh and accept the things of the spirit in order to meet
God.
(4) No, there is no possibility that it was a hallucination!
(5)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ECSTASY (used by a number of saints)
(1) I woke up last
night with a feeling of indescribable pleasure and joy.
(2) It couldn't
have been sexual; I'm holy and never have thoughts like those.
(3) So the
ecstasy must have come from God.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM KENT HOVIND
(1) I don't want to work for a living.
(2)
I don't want to pay taxes.
(3) I can get gullible fundamentalists to send
me money.
(4) I can use religious exemption claims to tie the IRS up in
court.
(5) Therefore, God exists!
- ARGUMENT FROM FEELING LOVE ALL AROUND (aka PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT
V)
(1) I can just feel love all around me. I know the world is a good
place, that people are essentially good, and that that comes from God.
(2)
I don't know how I know. It's just there. You've never felt it?
(3) I don't
know how I know. Stop pestering me!
(4) [tears until nasty non-believer
goes away]
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MUSIC (could also be used for art)
(1) You like classical
music.
(2) Classical composers wrote for God.
(3) [non-believer points
out that they had to compose for the Church or they would have been
executed]
(4) But they wrote for God and you like the music.
(5)
Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SADISM I
(1) I enjoy beating children.
(2) I find some
justification for it in the Bible.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SADISM II
(1) I enjoy treating women like dirt. It makes
me feel powerful.
(2) I find some justification for it in the Bible.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (2?)
(1) The Bible says the Bible is
true.
(2) Therefore the Bible is true.
(3) The Bible says God
exists.
(4) Therefore, God exist.
- WILLIAM JAMES' ARGUMENT
(1) We should give people the benefit of the
doubt.
(2) When someone says God exists, we should believe them.
(3) A
lot of people say God exists.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- PASCAL'S ARGUMENT
(1) If God exists, it would be really cool.
(2) If
God didn't exist, it would really suck.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- THE BIBLICAL PRESERVATION ARGUMENT
(1) The Bible hasn't changed much
since it was written.
(2) Therefore everything in it must be true.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- BIBLICAL PROPHECIES ARGUMENT
(1) Jesus clearly fulfilled all the
prophecies of the Jews.
(2) That's why there are no Jews alive
today.
(3) If you see a Jew, you should probably kill him to make #2
work.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- THE STEWARDSHIP ARGUMENT
(1) God gave us the earth to take care of
it.
(2) We take care of it.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
(1) All systems become
chaotic.
(2) The Universe, too, will become chaotic.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ATHEISM
(1) Unicorns don't exist.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE MEANING OF LIFE
(1) What's the meaning of
life?
(2) [atheist gives their answer]
(3) That's not what I
believe.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LOGIC
(1) There are some things in logic that you can't
logically demonstrate.
(2) Therefore you have to take them on faith.
(3)
Your faith in logic is the same as my faith in God.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- VELIKOVSKY'S ARGUMENT
(1) If you twist the details enough, you can make
a case for Venus, as a comet, causing the Biblical catastrophes.
(2)
Therefore the Bible is true.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CAN'T-BE-A-RACIST
(1) Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in
God.
(2) I don't think you want to say Dr. King was a fool?
(3) That's
what I thought.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM JESUS’ TORTURE
(1) No one ever, ever suffered as much as
Jesus did on the cross.
(2) No, not the victims of the Inquisition.
(3)
No, not the women burned at the stake or hanged as witches.
(4) No, not all
the people who died thinking they were going to Hell!!!
(5) Who but God
would suffer like that for us ungrateful, unworthy humans?
(6) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SEVERABILITY
(1) Lots of ridiculous statements are made
by people who only claim to be Real Christians.
(2) They just give Real
Christians a bad name.
(3) Real Christians don't believe is literally true.
(4) But that doesn't mean the Bible isn't still
mostly true.
(5) And the Bible is the Word of God.
(6) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE
(1) Because.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ELABORATED ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE
(1) Because.
(2) Because
why?
(3) Because!
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM "LET'S JUST BELIEVE" (aka TAFFY LEWIS'S ARGUMENT)
(1) All
belief systems should be treated the same as the scientific one.
(2)
[non-believer: Why?]
(3) Because they have their own grounds.
(4)
Anyway, that's my experience of how the world works.
(5) [non-believer:
It's not mine. And why should you treat claims of unicorns less seriously than
claims of gods?]
(6) I don't believe there are unicorns.
(7) But I
believe there are gods.
(8) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNIQUE EXISTENCE
(1) God exists but not in a way that
anything else that exists exists.
(2) Since there are no other things that
exist as God exists, we are free to make up things about God's state of
existence that ensure his continued non-observability
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE (aka TAFFY LEWIS'S ARGUMENT
II)
(1) More people have had positive religious experiences in the context
of Western theism.
(2) Therefore, God is kind, just, and all-loving.
(3)
[non-believer: What about the people who have had negative experiences? Or
experiences of God's non-existence?]
(4) They don't count.
(5)
Therefore, God is just the way I describe him to be.
(5a) Oh, yeah. And God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM RIGHTS
(1) The Declaration of Independence founded the
U.S.
(2) Therefore, the Declaration of Independence is true.
(3) The
Declaration of Independence says that our rights are "endowed by our
Creator."
(4) George W. agrees with this.
(5) You have rights, don't
you???
(6) Well where the f*** do you think they came from???
(7)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FUTURE EVIDENCE
(1) Look, I realize that it doesn't seem
to make sense that there would logically be a God.
(2) However, I know He's
real, and that in the future I think that maybe something will happen probably
that will show you all.
(3) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POSTULATE
(1) To fully understand the following
demonstration, you must first assume that God exists.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM POOR TYPING SKILLS
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bother to read it]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNTRANSLATED OLD FRENCH
(1) « Mais pourceque j'avois déjà
connu en moi très clairement que la nature intelligente est distincte de la
corporelle; considérant que toute composition témoigne de la dépendance, et
que la dépendance est manifestement un défaut, je jugeois de là que ce ne
pouvoit être une perfection en Dieu d'être composé de ces deux natures, et que
par conséquent il ne l'étoit pas; mais que s'il y avoit quelques corps dans le
monde, ou bien quelques intelligences ou autres natures qui ne fussent point
toutes parfaites, leur être devoit dépendre de sa puissance, en telle sorte
quelles ne pouvoient subsister sans lui un seul moment. » -- René Descartes,
Discours de la Méthode
(2) How could you possibly refute that?
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CLEVER USE OF VOCABULARY
(1) Many atheists will not be
convinced by an argument with "Therefore, God exists" as its
conclusion.
(2) Consequently, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE
(1) I don't understand evolution, I mean how
could there be nothing then something?
(2) (Well informed atheist gives
articulate explanation of evolution and gently explains that the beginning of
the universe has nothing to do with evolution.)
(3) Well it seems way too
complicated and unlikely to me. Plus I don't want to live my life thinking I
evolved from a monkey.
(4) Therefore, God exists and Jesus died for our
sins.
(5) (Atheist argues that theist's ignorance of evolution does not
logically lead to the conclusion that there is a God, let alone the Christian
God.)
(6) Says you! God bless.
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM CHURCH
(1) Lots of people go to church.
(2) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PHOTO-OP (ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE II)
(1)
A couple of godless commie federal judges ruled the 1954 inclusion of "under
God" in the Pledge unconstitutional.
(2) Almost immediately thereafter, the
whole U.S. Senate recited the Pledge, including "under God," on the Capitol
steps.
(3) The Senators' conduct was not--I repeat, NOT--mere political
posturing and/or vote whoring.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DEFENESTRATION
(1) If God exists, then He will protect me
if I jump out this third story window.
(2) However, you will not be so
fortunate, unsaved heathen!
(3) *shove*
(4) See! God didn't protect you,
just like I predicted! Any counterarguments, heathen?
(5) No? Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MUSHROOMS
(1) This pizza tastes funny.
(2) That purple
llama on the ceiling is juggling chainsaws.
(3) Purple llamas can't juggle
chainsaws.
(4) It must be a miracle!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MYTHOLOGY
(1) The Old Religions were wrong.
(2) The
Old Religions didn't believe in the same god as me.
(3) Therefore, I must
be right.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ACCUSATION
(1) The Bible says that everyone knows God
exists.
(2) Therefore, YOU know that God exists.
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NOT-BELIEVING
(1) The New Testament says people like you
would question us.
(2) You question us.
(3) Therefore the bible is
true.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BANANAS
(1) Bananas have many characteristics that make
them attractive as primate food.
(2) They're so good that they must have
been designed.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM METEORS (FALWELL'S ARGUMENT)
(1) God hates gay
people.
(2) God is merciful.
(3) Disney World held a Gay Day
parade.
(4) God could punish Disney World by sending hurricanes,
earthquakes, and possibly a meteor to Florida.
(5) God didn't, thus proving
both postulate 1 and 2.
(6) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS
(1) A bunch of miners got trapped.
(2) A
bunch of people worked around the clock for a week to rescue them.
(3) They
were all found alive.
(4) Only God could have done that.
(5) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM YOUTH GROUP MINISTER
(1) God is awesome!
(2) Like,
totally, dude!
(3) Therefore, God, like, exists and stuff.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INABILITY
(1) The Bible says Jesus turned water
into wine.
(2) Can you turn water into wine?
(3) No? Well there ya
go.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL ABILITY
(1) I prayed to God, and then lifted a
car off my trapped puppy.
(2) I couldn't have done that without God.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION
(1) Satan is bad.
(2) You don't want
to be on Satan's side, do you?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION AS USED BY A YOUTH GROUP MINISTER
(1)
Satan really sucks, dude.
(2) You don't wanna, like, be like Satan, right
dude?
(3) Therefore God, like, exists and stuff. Totally.
- ARGUMENT FROM BUFFALO (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IV)
(1) The Indians
used every part of the buffalo.
(2) A creature we can use every part of
couldn't have just randomly evolved!
(3) It had to be created specifically
for us!
(4) Therefore, God exists, and spent his early years churning out
Buffalo.
- ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY
(1) Bite me.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY, ACCEPTED
(1) Bite me.
(2) OW! YOU
BIT ME!
(3) I'm being persecuted!!
(4) Therefore, God exists!
- ARGUMENT FROM NEW AGEYNESS
(1) If enough people just believe, God will
exist.
(2) Lots of people have been believing for a very long time.
(3)
Therefore, surely by NOW, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ROUNDNESS (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT V)
(1) Isn't it
amazing how perfectly round the planets are?
(2) Someone sure must have
been in control of that "big bang" in order for them to shape up like
that!
(3) Just place a stick of dynamite under a huge rock. You'll see that
the explosion does not produce perfectly round smaller rocks.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
(optional)
(3a) Atheist: The planets are round
because of gravity.
(3b) But who made gravity?!?!
(4) Therefore, God
exists!
- ARGUMENT FROM FAITH IN THE OBVIOUS
(1) You have faith that the sun will
rise tomorrow, don't you?
(2) See! Atheists have faith too!
(3) Just
like I have faith in Jesus.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM IMPLIED BEAUTY (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT VI)
(1) If you
evolved, you'd be pretty ugly.
(2) Look how beautiful you are, and the
world that is around you.
(3) Only God could have made you so
beautiful.
(4) I don't care that beauty is totally subjective, you are
beautiful in God's eyes!
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BRAINWASHING
(1) Atheists claim Christians have been
brainwashed by churches.
(2) We can just as easily say that they have been
brainwashed by secular colleges & universities in their futile thinking,
and secular reasoning.
(3) Your brainwashing keeps you from the
Truth.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNISM
(1) All communists are atheists.
(2) All
communists are bad, haven't you watched the 6 o'clock news?
(3) Therefore
they are wrong.
(4) Since the moral majority is theist and non-communist
they are good.
(5) Therefore they are right.
(6) This argument does so
make sense!
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GOOD AND BAD BEHAVIOR
(1) Sometimes I do good things and
sometimes I do bad things.
(2) When I do something good this PROVES that
God, my Guardian Angel etc are helping me to be good.
(3) Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! Oh God help me to be strong and steadfast against temptation
till I die so that You God will not in Your infinite mercy, send me to
Hell.
(4) When I do something bad this PROVES that the Devil has tempted me
to do EVIL.
(5) Whatever I do it proves that either God or the Devil is
real.
(6) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BEER II
(1) Real men like beer.
(2) God allowed real
men to make beer.
(3) Therefore, God is real, and likes beer.
- ARGUMENT FROM TAXATION
(1) Churches don't pay taxes.
(2) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GOD'S PLAN (variation of the MYSTERIOUS WAYS
argument)
(1) There is a plan in the world.
(2) The existence of this
plan can be seen from the fact that things are the way they are.
(3) My
belief is part of the plan, and so is your non-belief.
(4) [atheist:
Why?]
(5) The plan is too infinitely great for our minds to comprehend the
"why."
(6) An infinitely great plan must have an infinitely great mind
behind it.
(7) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HAULING ASS
(1) [theist creates message board account and
logs in]
(2) "GOD IS REEL AND ALL YOU HEATHEN ATHEIST INFEDILS WILL BERN IN
HELL FORE-EVER MARK MY WERDS!!!!!!!!@#3FD"
(3) [theist logs off and never
returns]
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BAPTIST BOARD II
(1) God calls us to be a peculiar
people.
(2) Stop laughing, foul non-believer.
(3) In order to preserve
our own particular peculiarity-
(4) Stop laughing, I said.
(5) We must
be a people apart.
(6) This means not listening to anyone who believes
differently than we do, because this would taint our peculiarity.
(7) If
you do not stop laughing-
(8) (Oh, I have to do the end of the
argument).
(9) Therefore, God exists.
(9a) And God especially exists
because non-believers are laughing at us, which means we're persecuted, which
means we're special.
(10) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENTUM AD TINKERTOYUM (aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT VII)
(1) Take some
tinkertoys and make several "creations".
(2) Take the creations apart and
dump the pieces in a plastic bag.
(3) Shake the pieces up and dump them on
the floor. Repeat as many times as you wish.
(4) The tinkertoys will never
reassemble themselves into the original creations.
(5) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM HOSPITAL (aka ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES II)
(1) A dear
relative of mine was terminally ill and undergoing extensive surgery in the
hospital.
(2) My whole family sat outside the OR and prayed through the
entire eight hours of surgery.
(3) He lived.
(4) No, the highly trained
physicians had nothing to do with it, unbeliever!
(5) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WEIRD
(1) You look weird, atheist.
(2) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS
(1) I was once abducted by aliens.
(2) What we
call aliens are really demons, the bible says so.
(3) If demons exist, than
so does God.
(4) You've seen the X-files, haven't you?
(5) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM REVELATION
(1) God told me that he exists.
(2) God
wouldn't lie.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FORCE
(1) [argument from atheist]
(2) [theist shoots
atheist]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM NAZIISM (INVERSE-GODWIN)
(1) Hitler didn't establish a
Christian theocracy.
(2) Therefore, Hitler was an atheist.
(3) Hitler
was the worst leader possible.
(4) Therefore, all atheists are bad
people.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNCONSCIOUS THEISM
(1) Atheists think the universe
created life.
(2) Well, they should if they thought about it really, really
hard.
(3) But only a God can create life.
(4) So atheists should believe
in God, if they weren't so dumb.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNICATION FROM GOD
(1) I had this incredible
experience that could only be explained by a communication from God.
(2)
Atheist says, "couldn't there be a natural explanation?"
(3) No, I'm
telling you there is no way this could be explained naturally.
(4) Atheist
suggests alternate explanations q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y and z.
(5) No, none of
those can explain it.
(6) Because they can't!
(7) Atheist is not
convinced.
(8) How dare you deny my very special experience!
(9) Atheist
tries to explain that s/he's only questioning the theist's interpretation of
that experience, and not the claim that something special was
experienced.
(10) You just don't want to believe that what I experienced is
from God, because you are a closed-minded, dogmatic materialist!
(11) And
also, you are a big meanie and I'm not talking to you anymore!
(12)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM COLTRANE
(1) John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is
dedicated to God.
(2) John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is full of
passion.
(3) Atheists cannot explain Coltrane's passion in "A Love
Supreme."
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE HARRISON
(1) George Harrison wrote "My Sweet
Lord."
(2) It's one of the most beautiful pop songs ever, and one of the
only pop songs devoted to God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BEING A CATHOLIC
(1) The pope believes in God.
(2) The
pope is infallible.
(3) I am catholic and like the pope.
(4) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GAME THEORY
(1) Theist: [after lengthy explanation]
Hence, pursuant to game theory, belief in an afterlife is the most sensible
option.
(2) Atheist: Wait a minute. That's just Pascal's Wager dressed in
different verbiage.
(3) Theist: Nuh uh!
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- "TRUE BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT" ARGUMENT
(1) If the Bible were cooked
up by some smooth-talking manipulative authors, it would have been perfect and
seamless and without any apparent inconsistencies.
(2) But the Bible IS
inconsistent, erroneous, and plain goofy at many places
(3) So the Bible is
NOT a product of some smooth-talking manipulative authors.
(4) Hence the
Bible is the word of God.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BUZZWORDS
(1) As game theory clearly shows, the
irreducibly complex nature of the universe indicates probabilistic fine-tuning
at the quantum level and renders God logically necessary.
(2) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (I)
(1) Things hurt.
(2) Atheists think
that things aren't supposed to hurt.
(3) They really are whiney, aren't
they?
(4) Christians are stronger than that.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (II)
(1) Some things hurt a lot.
(2)
Atheists think that things aren't supposed to hurt.
(3) But since they
can't derive "ought" from "is," their belief presupposes the existence of
God.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- EXISTENTIAL ARGUMENT FROM EVIL / ARGUMENT FROM POWER
(1) I have a
gun.
(2) [atheist: "Ouch!!!"]
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
(1) Atheists think that the
difference in religions disproves God's existence.
(2) Eh, To-may-to,
to-mah-to.
(3) Everyone knows that you must accept Jesus Christ in order to
be saved.
(4) Well, everyone who matters, anyway.
(5) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE
(1) God exists.
(2) Therefore, when
I talk about God or related concepts, these words denote something.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM EVOLUTION
(1) Science is always true.
(2) Science says
that there is a vanishingly small chance that all of this could have happened
on its own.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE
(1) Science is not always true.
(2) Therefore
there is room for religious faith.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM THE PAIN PLAN (aka LUVLUV'S ARGUMENT)
(1) Things
hurt.
(2) Things hurting are part of God's plan.
(3) A lot of the good
things in life only come through suffering.
(4) This is necessary to
achieve God's plan.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GUNS II
(1) We have a gun.
(2) In fact, we have a lot
more guns than you do.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MONTY PYTHON
(1) Graham Chapman appeared in a film that
made fun of Jesus.
(2) Graham Chapman died of a horrible, incurable
disease.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
(3a) And has no sense of humor.
- ARGUMENT FROM WAR
(1) War is hell.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ELVIS (adapted from a church sign)
(1) Some people call
Elvis the King.
(2) But we know Jesus is King.
(3) Even non-believers
can have a glimpse of wisdom.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- LINGUAL ARGUMENT
(1) There's existence in nonexistence so...
(2) God
exists even if he doesn't.
(3) God exists.
- DIVINE POWERS ARGUMENT
(1) God’s existence must be the work of
God.
(2) God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM OPPRESSION (related to the various ARGUMENTS FROM
OFFENSIVENESS)
(1) God exists.
(2) [atheist asks any one of various
questions, or even just starts to ask them]
(3) Are you saying that God
doesn't exist?
(4) You're oppressing me! You're depriving me of the right
to believe in God if I want to!
(5) Oppression is bad.
(6) Therefore,
you are bad.
(7) Therefore, you must be wrong.
(8) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WHEAT
(1) A grain of wheat will always fall to the ground
and the outer shell “dies”.
(2) But see, eventually the grain will grow
into a fuller, more vital form.
(3) Hey, that's kinda like the
Resurrection!
(4) Therefore, God Exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WARM & FUZZY THINGS
(1) When I was an atheist, I
didn't have any warm & fuzzy things in my life.
(2) I really like warm
& fuzzy things.
(3) If the J-C God exists, lots of warm & fuzzy
things are true because all these really smart theists say so.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
(5) Old Testament? Never heard of it.
- ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE II
(1) Everything was fine until man created
science.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM AMERICA
(1) God bless America.
(2) You're either for
us or against us remember.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MASSIVE OPIATES
(1) Got to keep the public
distracted.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM KING JOSIAH
(1) Time to expand the kingdom.
(2)
Therefore (only one) God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ASHCROFT
(1) I say God exists.
(2) I could have you
locked up, you know.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM IT'S MY BALL AND YOU CAN'T PLAY
(1) There is abundant
logical and empirical evidence that God does not exist.
(2) There is no
evidence that God does exist.
(3) But God plays by completely different
rules.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DISCOMFORT
(1) I am happy, believing in God.
(2) Then
you come along and say all this nasty stuff to take my happiness away.
(3)
*sniff*... *sniff*... why are you making me uncomfortable?
(4) Anyone who
makes other people uncomfortable must be different. And bad. And
ignorant.
(5) Daddy will hug me!
(6) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM ARTIFACT
(1) Archeologists found the remains of a boat
from Jesus' time.
(2) So the bible is true.
(3) Therefore, God exists
- ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES
(1) Sometimes a bad person hurts little
babies because he doesn't have a happy life.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES II
(1) Sometimes little babies are
different from one another - how could you explain that?! Like, one will be
really happy, and another will be sad. Sometimes even twins.
(2) This
proves the existence of the soul.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM A VIDEO I WATCHED WITH MY DAD"
(1) Me and my dad watched
this video where the Virgin Mary appeared on a building in Egypt. No, it was
kinda blurry... lots of people saw it though and they were pointing at
it.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WHAT YEAR IT IS
(1) The years of our calendar are dated
from the birth of Christ.
(2) Therefore, atheists can't even live without
making reference to Christ.
(3) Obviously, atheists really can't live apart
from God, even though they say they can.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GOD-CENTRISM
(1) Everything revolves around God, even the
earth and the sun.
(2) Therefore, even atheists are revolving around
God!
(3) Silly, aren't they, to deny the truth?
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM UNKNOWN QUALITIES
(1) God has qualities we mere humans
can't possibly know.
(2) This answers all atheistic arguments.
(3)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM FORGIVING MISGUIDEDNESS
(1) Theist: X, Y, and Z all prove
God's love for mankind - This love proves he exists.
(2) Atheist: But I can
refute X, Y, Z and unsaid arguments A, B, and C...
(3) Theist: Don't worry,
you're wrong and your questioning of God will send you to hell, but he loves
you and I forgive you your arrogance.
(4) Atheist: But you haven't said
anything rational.
(5) Theist: Jesus/God *loves* you. Duh. Therefore God
exists.
(6) Repeat 4, [3|5] ad infinitum.
- ARGUMENT FROM FEELING GOD'S PRESENCE
(1) Atheists just haven't truly
felt God's presence yet.
(2) If they had ever felt God's presence, they
would not be atheists.
(3) Theists have truly felt God's presence.
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE
(1) Doesn't it just make more sense that
an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good deity created the world out of
nothingness, from magic, essentially, and then punished us for eating a piece
of fruit, and then incarnated himself in human flesh and came down to shed his
own blood so he could break his own rules, and then went through hell on a
temporary basis and then went back into the sky and promised to come back and
take everyone who believed in him to this heaven no one has ever seen?
(2)
Well, doesn't it?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE, ADDENDUM
(1) Atheist: No it
doesn't.
(2) Theist: See, you're confusing the issue again! Think Simple
and Sensible!
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
(1) Scientific American published an
article that shows creationism is nonsense.
(2) The first editor of
Scientific American was a Christian.
(3) Therefore, whoever wrote that
article is a traitor and a liar.
(4) Besides, Scientific American didn't
hire a creationist in the 70s, so they're obviously trying to persecute
Christians.
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (II)
(1) Answers in Genesis copied
the full text of an article from Scientific American.
(2) Scientific
American sent one email to Answers in Genesis saying that they don't
necessarily want their articles distributed for free in the internet by just
anyone.
(3) See? Scientific American persecutes Christians!
(4)
Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM PEPPERED MOTHS
(1) Science textbooks still use the
"peppered moths" to prove evolution.
(2) Atheist says that he has never
seen a textbook which claims anything of the sort, in fact the only place he
hears about peppered moths is from creationist websites.
(3) Obviously the
atheist has no clue what he's talking about then.
(4) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM GOD IS LIKE A RADIO SIGNAL
(1) There are many radio
signals floating around your head all the time.
(2) God is on one of
them.
(3) You just have to listen to the right signal.
(4) Therefore,
God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM IN INDIA
(1) [non-believer asks if the theist
would still call his religious experiences Christian if he had been raised in
another country]
(2) Would you call your agnostic experiences agnostic if
you had been raised in India?
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM BESTSELLERDOM
(1) The Bible is the best-selling work in
history.
(2) Now, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's the Word of
God.
(3) But there's not much evidence to suggest it's not.
(4) [sound
of non-believer spitting milk out her nose]
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- MODIFIED TRILEMMA ARGUMENT
(1) Jesus was either lord, liar, or
lunatic.
(2) Can you PROVE He was a liar or lunatic?
(3) Therefore, God
exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE ANARCHY
(1) There has to be an
objective truth to the universe, and humans have to be able to access
it.
(2) Otherwise, there would be anarchy everywhere.
(3) No courts or
governments or anything.
(4) [non-believer falls out of her chair from
laughing so hard]
(5) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE RIGHT
(1) God saves the queen.
(2) The queen
hasn't died.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM SQUARE CIRCLES
(1) There is no such thing as a square
circle.
(2) God is not a square circle.
(3) Therefore, God exists
- ARGUMENT FROM DICTATORSHIP
(1) Dictators do not believe in God.
(2)
Dictators are wrong.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM TERROR (Martin Luther's argument)
(1) The lightning storm
filled me with the terror of God's wrath.
(2) Therefore, God exists.
- ARGUMENT FROM MEANING
(1) Nothing has meaning without God.
(2) I
mean...
(3) Therefore, God exists.
Ergo
666. ARGUMENT FROM ASSUMPTION
(1)
Therefore, God exists.