Pevensie15 | AJ's Blog: Cumulative Case for God's Existence

There is a young man who's blog is always very interesting. When I read this particular post I had to share it. You must check it. In this one post he does a great job of summarizing the 5 best arguments against atheism. These are the main points used by scholars such as William Lane Craig (his picture is on the right). The five points are:

1. The cosmological argument
2. The teleological argument
3. If God does not exist, then objective moral values do not exist (ontological argument).
4. Another argument is the historical evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth from the dead.
5. Challenge: You can know that God exists wholly apart from any evidence. You can know He exists from personal experience.

Read AJ's blog for more extended discussion.
Pevensie15 | AJ's Blog: Cumulative Case for God's Existence

If I remember correctly, this line of argumentation for the existence of God is called the "Evidential" technique for the first 4 points and the last one is "Experiential". While I think that all these points are true and it does not require to argue for the infallibility of the Bible or the Deity of Christ or most Christian doctrine, I believe it has merit. The problem is that many atheists like Christopher Hitchens are able to point out that the argument can only get you to prove the existence of a god, not the God of the Bible if you use only points 1, 2, and 3. I believe that some people do come to Christ using this method. God does use this...no question. The bottom line is that it take the Holy Spirit to reconcile sinners (all of us) to God. You can't argue a man to salvation. I'm just thankful that these 5 points are just tools that God can use through us.