A well-written essay is on the internet called, "Why I am Not Christian" by Richard Carrier (on the left). It's long, respectful, and well written. It compels a response. His criticisms of Christians are well founded but his charges against God are mistaken and unfounded. The essay was written in 2006 and is divided into six parts. I'm going to interact with his responses and divide my essay also into six parts. His words will be in black and mine will be red. His Top four reasons for rejecting Christianity are:
1. God is Silent.
2. God is inert.
3. Inadequate evidence for God.
4. Christianity predicts a different universe.
Here is the conclusion.
Christianity entails that God, like any other person, would say and do at least some things we would all see. Since we haven't seen such things, the Christian theory is falsified by the evidence. Christianity also entails that God would have made the universe differently than we observe it to be. So it is falsified again by the evidence. A failed prediction means a failed theory, especially when these failures apply to the very design of the universe itself. At the same time, there is insufficient evidence for any of the essential propositions of Christianity. So the Christian hypothesis contradicts a lot of evidence, makes numerous failed predictions, is not the best explanation of the universe we find ourselves in, and fails to find sufficient evidence in its own support. Therefore, I believe Christianity is false.
God does thing s that we can all see all the time. The fact that you continue to breathe, let-alone exist, is at the whim of God. I disagree that Christianity is falsified just because people like Richard Carrier do not see the evidence that they think they should. I have addressed Carriers accusations of failed predictions and contradicted evidence and shown them for what they are: his own delusion. It's not the Bible who is wanting it's Richard Carrier's logic and people like him.
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