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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n All forms of atheism (e.g., anti-theism, naturalism, humanism, evolutionism, materialism) allege that Christianity is unreasonable and irrational\u2014its adherents all dupes of \u201cblind faith.\u201d Atheists aver that believers in God, the Bible, and Jesus as God\u2019s Son, are such not because<\/strong> of any evidence, but in spite <\/strong>of it. Believers are such merely because they want <\/strong>to believe. Atheists ridicule them as \u201cpie-in-the-sky-by-and-by\u201d simpletons.<\/span><\/p>\n Contrariwise, atheism portrays itself as the only<\/strong> path of rationality and reason (evincing the very exclusiveness and intolerance of which they accuse believers). One atheistic group, \u201cThe Coalition of Reason,\u201d implies in its name that theists are irrational. Is denial of an eternal supreme Being\u2019s existence reasonable (i.e., is said denial the correct conclusion on the basis of available evidence)?<\/span><\/p>\n We derive atheism<\/em> from the Greek word, theos<\/em> (god) and a prefixed a <\/em>(the Greek letter, alpha<\/em>), which has the force of negation. Atheism<\/em> is thus the negation of the existence of God. Dr. Anthony G.N. Flew (1923\u20132010) was for many years the renowned champion of atheism. When he and Dr. Thomas B. Warren engaged in a debate on the existence of God (1976, University of North Texas campus, Denton, TX), Dr. Flew affirmed, \u201cI know that God does not exist.\u201d He obviously believed that he had reason on his side. However, Dr. Warren demonstrated that atheism rather represents a denial<\/strong> of<\/strong> and retreat<\/strong> from<\/strong> logic and reason.<\/span><\/p>\n Contrary to atheistic assertions, genuine Christian faith is in no wise \u201cblind.\u201d The Bible addresses itself to the mind and demands the proper use thereof. God urges us to reason about His Word: \u201cCome now and let us reason together\u2026\u201d (Isa. 1:18). Jesus always used flawless logic in His running debates with the religious leaders of His time. The \u201cfirst and great commandment\u201d includes loving God with \u201call thy mind,\u201d rather than abandoning reason (Mat. 22:37\u201338). Instead of ignoring or denying evidence, serious believers rely upon it: \u201cProve all things; hold fast that which is good\u201d (1 The. 5:21).<\/span><\/p>\n Is it reasonable to assert that even such simple things as push pins or paper clips \u201cjust happen\u201d without designer or manufacturer? How much less<\/strong> \u201creasonable\u201d then is it to assert that our bodies, the earth, and the vast universe \u201cjust happened\u201d from a cosmic \u201caccident.\u201d Even the words, intelligent design<\/em>, provoke irrational<\/strong> ire in atheists. Lacking evidence for their negation, theirs<\/strong>, is the \u201cblind faith.\u201d The hubris and condescension of atheism are astonishing.<\/span><\/p>\n For the record, Dr. Flew\u2014much to the chagrin of his fellow-atheists\u2014renounced his atheism in 2004\u2014when he came to reason<\/strong> correctly concerning the evidence<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, January 18, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>From TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, owned and administered by Dub McClish.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0page.] All forms of atheism (e.g., anti-theism, naturalism, humanism, evolutionism, materialism) allege that Christianity is unreasonable and irrational\u2014its adherents all dupes of \u201cblind faith.\u201d Atheists aver that believers in God, the Bible,…<\/p>\n