An atheist news story blog post thing was making the rounds yesterday, which made the following logical argument, in substance:
A Christian has failed my completely arbitrary standard for goodness and justice.
Also, he fails his own moral code.
Therefore, God does not exist.
I'm no logic wizard, but that's a non sequitur to make all non sequiturs look like a quirky German band that's opening up for David Hasselhoff. It's emotionally appealing, and it may be a good charge to make on a personal level, depending. It's hard to accept God's claims on your life if His ambassadors are evil. But that's just it: He's either real, or not. If He is, he's not going to disappear into non-existence by your refusal to acknowledge Him. That should be fairly obvious.
A Christian has failed my completely arbitrary standard for goodness and justice.
Also, he fails his own moral code.
Therefore, God does not exist.
I'm no logic wizard, but that's a non sequitur to make all non sequiturs look like a quirky German band that's opening up for David Hasselhoff. It's emotionally appealing, and it may be a good charge to make on a personal level, depending. It's hard to accept God's claims on your life if His ambassadors are evil. But that's just it: He's either real, or not. If He is, he's not going to disappear into non-existence by your refusal to acknowledge Him. That should be fairly obvious.
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