Category: Arguments against the existence of God

Introduction There are two versions of the argument: Omnibenevolence and Omnipresence The omnibenevolent version of the argument can be formulated as follows: P1. God sends people to hell forever for what they have done on earth P2. God is omnibenevolent P3. An omnibenevolent being would not send people to hell forever for something they have […]

Introduction  The original reasoning put forward by Richard Dawkins comprised the following text: 1. One of the greatest challenges to the human intellect… has been to explain how the improbable appearance of design in the universe arise. 2. The natural temptation is to attribute the appearance of design to actual design itself. In the case […]

Introduction The problem of evil has been widely discussed by philosophers and theologians and is an argument against God’s existence or at least against trust in God. The problem of evil is the proposed contradiction between the existence/evidence of evil and the essential qualities of God. There are two individual problems: The very existence of […]

This argument can be formulated as follows: P1. There have been thousands of proposed Gods throughout human history P2. Most of these proposed Gods are now believed to not exist C. Therefore it is probable that any remaining proposed Gods in the future will also be believed not to exist Response Stephen F. Roberts’ famously […]

Introduction Certain things are quite noticeable in the scriptures. One thing is the numerous examples of God revealing himself to people in clear and unambiguous ways: Joseph Smith said: I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me… When the […]