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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
Atheism Claims

• Atheism disbelieves Gods existence

• Matter is all that exists
• Any event that seems supernatural is really a
  natural occurrence
• Miracles do not occur
• Several factors argue against the existence of
  God

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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
Atheism Claims
The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever
will be.
Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980)
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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
Atheism Claims

• Atheists say that Christianity is false

• Atheism also claims
• The Bible contains errors
• Jesus, if he existed, was not God

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Agnosticism Claims
What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?

• Agnosticism asserts that God may or may not exist

• It is impossible to prove the existence or
  non-existence of God
• The only wise course of action is to reserve
  judgment and remain skeptical

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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
The Bible Teaches

• God is revealed through

• Creation
• Moral conscience
• The Bible

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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
The Bible Teaches

• From these sources of revelation, Christians
  conclude that

• God exists beyond the world
• God is active in creation
• God created the world out of nothing
• God is all powerful
• God is all knowing
• God is ever present
• God is all loving

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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
The Bible Teaches

• The natural universe is not all that exists

• Miracles are possible

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What Are Atheism and Agnosticism?
The Bible Teaches

• The case for biblical Christianity includes, but
  is not limited to

• Historical evidence
• Archaeology
• Philosophical integrity
• Eyewitness testimony