Faith Debate Quotes

An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

The clergy complain of the enormous spread of bold books, from the infidel tract to the latest handling of the miracle question.

Is evolution just another name for God?

Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.

There is no right religion, and no one can prove that there is.

What we need in Europe is to push back against the idea that religion is so farfetched that it's not worth talking about.

Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.

Belief cannot argue with unbelief, it can only preach to it.

Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you mean agnostic? I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one...etc., etc. It's easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal and that it's an opinion I hold seriously.

I believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. And I say no, it's not, Dad. Well, I believe that it is. Well, you know, some people believe they're Napoleon. That's fine. Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth.

The existence of a single atheist does not disprove the existence of God.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

In my experience, the people who call themselves “atheists,” regardless of how they define this term, rarely take the possibility of God’s existence seriously.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

Theology is a non-subject. I'm not saying that professors of theology are non-professors. They do interesting things, like study biblical history, biblical literature. But theology, the study of gods, the study of what gods do, presupposes that gods exist. The only kind of theology that I take account of are those theological arguments that actually argue for the existence of God.