Atheism is often attacked for being something else than it really is. This presentation is a comment on another presentation on SlideShare.

1. Atheism revisited
An edited presentation

2. Why edited?
 I discovered a  I’ve put my slides
presentation called among the original
” A Shattered slides, and I’ve put
Visage : The Real a red cross in the
Face of Atheism” upper right corner
 It was so full of on my slides
errors that I just  The original slides
couldn’t let them are those without
pass uncorrected this cross
See original presentation here: http://www.slideshare.net/Samkjohn/atheism-6026405

3. A Shattered Visage :
The Real Face of
Atheism

4. Noam
Chomsky
Political Activist
December 7, 1928 – present date

5. Karl
Heinrich
Marx
Communist and Revolutionary
May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883

6. Clinton
Richard
Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist – To present date
26 March 1941

7. Angelina
Jolie
Voight
American Actress
June 4, 1975 – To Present Date

8. What do these people in
common?
ATHEISTS

9. What’s the point in mentioning these
people? Here are some more…
 Atheists:  Catholics:
• Warren Buffet and • Adolf Hitler, dictator
Bill Gates, • Father Donald
philantropists, Roemer of the
donating $31 billion Archdiocese of Los
to charity Angeles, convicted
pedophile
 Baptist:
• Fred Phelps, pastor
of Westboro Baptist
Church

10. What is Atheism?
 The term atheism originated from the
Greek ἄ θεος (atheos), meaning
"without gods“.
 It is commonly defined as the position
that there is no God.
 It is the denial of existence of God

11. What is Atheism?
 The term atheism originated from the Greek
ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without gods“. Correct
 It is commonly defined as the position that there
is no God. Correct
 It is the denial of existence of God Wrong. It is
sceptisism towards anything unprobable and
unproven. The existence of God is not made
probable, the same way The flying spaghetti
monster isn’t made probable.

12. Gherman Stepanovich Titov
the second man to orbit the Earth
11.09.1935 – 20.09.2000

13.  He said while coming back, “I went to
space and I did not see God.”
 Somebody from the audience quipped,
“If he had stepped out of his space suit,
he would have.”

14. What does the Bible says
about atheism?
 The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
Psalm 14: 1, 53:1

15. The bible is not a credible
source of information
 The bible has been written by hundreds of
people, many of whom have altered the text and
the meaning.
 Some parts was written hundreds of years after
the incidents they are meant to describe.
 Archaeology doesn't support any literal readings
of the bible. It is not a historically correct and
credible source in this respect.
 We have no other source of god’s words other
than the bible.
 Therefore it cannot be used outside an enclosed
context, but only as a (more or less) fictional
work.

16. Are they fools? If so, why?
 What are they affirming in the place of
God?
 There is no value if atheism is true.
 There is no reference point.
 We are the product of primordial slime.
 Time + matter + chance + collection of
atoms. That is human beings.

17. Atheists are not fools
 What are atheists affirming in the place of god?
Nothing. God is no necessary part of humanity.
 The assumption that “there is no value if atheism
is true” is nonsense. Atheism does not equal
nihilsm. Atheism can – and does – embrace
humanistic values, and some values are even
shared with christianity.
 “There is no reference point.” Wrong. The concept
of humanistic ethics is one such, better known as
humanism.
 We are the product of primordial slime. Correct.
Exactly as a human being is the product of sperm
and an egg.

18. More on atheistic ethics
 A god is no necessity for  Atheists do good things
being good. because the action itself –
 ”Good” can be the absence being good - is valuable
of something negative, like because of the result, like
hurting someone, or the gratifying someone else.
presence of something
positive, like giving a  Christians do good things
homeless money. to achieve a personal goal,
 These are things most of namely being allowed into
us learn during upbringing, an imaginary heaven. This
where a god has no role. is therefore a selfish
action, not a generous
action.

19. Are they fools? If so, why?
 We are the product of evolution.
 We are doomed to extinction. There is no
future. There is no purpose in our life.

20. Are they fools? If so, why?
 We are the product of evolution.
 We are doomed to extinction. There is no
future. There is no purpose in our life.
1. Evolution is the best documented theory for explaining how
life has evolved. One busy week for a ”god” is not an
eaually probable theory, since no evidence support that
theory.
2. Research indicates that in one billion years, the sun will
make earth inhabitable. Yes, we are doomed to extinction.
3. This does not mean there is no purpose in human life. Life
itself is one indeed one good purpose, among others.

21. Are they fools? If so, why?
 They reduces their own worth to
nothing.
 They make their own laws.
 It is the survival of the fittest.

22. Are they fools? If so, why?
 They reduces their own worth to
nothing.
Wrong. Atheists respect human beings, and
 They make their own laws.
respect each other as equally valuable. This
also includes themselves.
Christians, on the other hand, reduce their
 It is the survival of the fittest.
own value to being an instrument of an
imaginary god. And some even treat people
with other beliefs as secondary to themselves.

23. Are they fools? If so, why?
 They reduces their own worth to
nothing.
 They make their own laws.
This is utter nonsense, and it has nothing
to do with reality.
 It is the survival of the fittest.

24. Are they fools? If so, why?
 They reduces their own worth to
nothing.theory of evolution is confused with
This is a gross misunderstanding, where a
biological
the fabric of social life of mankind.
 They make their own laws.
 It is the survival of the fittest.

25. The Bible
 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no
God.” They are corrupt.
 They have done abominable works. There is
none who does good.
 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the
children of men. To see if there are any who
understand who seek God
Psalm 14:1,2
As stated earlier: This is a literal interpretation of a highly questionable
source, which in reality should be valued more as a novel, than as a precise
description of historical facts.

26. The Bible
 They have all turned aside. They have
together become corrupt. There is none
who does good. No, not one.
Psalm 14:3
As stated earlier: This is a literal interpretation
of a highly questionable source, which in
reality should be valued more as a novel, than
as a precise description of historical facts.

27. An age old problem
 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that every
intent of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually.
Genesis 6:5
As stated earlier: This is a literal interpretation
of a highly questionable source, which in
reality should be valued more as a novel, than
as a precise description of historical facts.

28. New means of escape
 Many philosophers tried to do away with
the need for God like
Democritus
Epicurus
 They failed.
 Atheism depends heavily on the new
mantra, the evolution theory.

29. New means of escape
 Many philosophers tried to do away with
the need for God like
Democritus
Epicurus
 They failed.
There has been a number of more recent philosphers who should be
 Atheism depends heavily on the new
included here. (And maybe even the inquisituons should be mentioned?)
Wikipedia has a long list:
mantra, the evolution theory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_atheist_and_agnostic_philosophers
And the claim of ”failure” is, again, nonsense. God cannot be proven, and
that is a theological fact that even most churches admit.

30. New means of escape
Atheism does not depend on evolution theory. Evolution theory is the best
theory we know of for explaining how life evolved. Evolution theory is not
 Many philosophers tried to do away with
contradictory to the excistence of a god, and is therefore also embraced by a
lot of priests, bishops, cardinals and even recent popes.
the need for God like
Evolution theory is contradictory to Genesis, a description from a questionable
Democritus
source. Genesis was written thousands of years after it supposedly happened.
Epicurus
All serious scientists aggree on the fact that earth is about 4.5 billion years old,
and that the universe is about 13.4 billion years old. Some of these scientists
call themselves christian.
 They failed.
 Atheism depends heavily on the new
mantra, the evolution theory.

31. Is evolution true?
 There are gaps in
the theory of
evolution.
 There are many
holes in this theory.
Correct. There are gaps in the theory of evolution. However, none of these gaps
undermine the theory’s ability to explain how life evolved. Scientific method
ensure that our understanding is challenged, and that our knowledge develops.
The religious alternative is, by comparison, only supported by personal belief in
an imaginary ”divine being”, and unsupported by any scientific evidence.

32. The next few slides are meaningless, and I will not comment on them.
A Hole so big that it will swallow
an entire elephant herd

33. Sisyphus
 A mythological
Greek person.
 Once he angered
mythological Greek
gods.
 Hence he was
punished.

34. Sisyphus
 He has to roll up
a big stone to the
top of the
mountain.
 Roll it down.
 Then roll it up.
 Roll it down.
 For eternity.

35. Atheists – Modern day Sisyphus
 There is no mind to look back to for his
origin,
 There is no law to turn to for
guidance,
 There is no meaning to cling to for life
and
 There is no hope for future.

36. Atheists – Modern day Sisyphus
 It has the stare of death,
 looking into the barren desert
of emptiness
 and hopelessness.

37. A result of rejecting God.
 In the U.S.A, they don’t say the Lord’s
prayer anymore in school.
 They don’t teach the Bible in school
anymore.
 Instead, they teach all other possible things.

38. A result of rejecting God.
We In thetheU.S.A, thereby finding cures for serious diseases, for
us understand world, and
they don’t say the Lord’s
 should be glad schools ”teach all other possible things”. These things helps
prayer anymore in school.
instance. (As most of us know: Not one person in the history of mankind has
ever been healed by a ”divine being”. There have been many claims of such
miracles, but none has been proven scientifically.)
 They don’t teach the Bible in school
anymore.
 Instead, they teach all other possible things.

39. A result of rejecting God.
 One man is even trying to remove “IN GOD
WE TRUST” from American dollar.
Was put on the dollar bill in
1956…

40. A result of rejecting God.
 Virginia Tech
Massacre
 Cho Seung Hui
 April 16, 2007
Guman Cho was (probably) an atheist, but did not massacre people because of
this. He killed people because of insanity. Allegedly, it was a reaction also to his
parents’ strong religious beliefs. Their belief is, of course, in no way to blame
for the tragedy.

41. A result of rejecting God.
 Columbine
School Massacre
 April 20, 1999
 More than 100
shootings out of
which 75%
occurred in the
U.S.A
These killers where not atheists.

42. A result of worshiping god
 Anders Behring
Breivik, killed 77
people on july 11th
2011
 Christian,
islamophobic
 Religious belief was
probably part of
the reason for his
insane act

43. A result of rejecting God.
A result of rejecting God.
 They are crying in the darkness with
no one to look for help.
This is just meaningless….?

44. Atheists – On borrowed time
 They are trying to
give meaning to life, a
purpose to life now
stealing from Judeo –
Christian tradition.
This is just meaningless….?

45. The Problem…
 Atheists seem ready to believe anything
except God…. The Hindu dated 10.01.06
pp-11

46. The Problem…
 Atheists seem ready to believe anything
except God…. The Hindu dated 10.01.06
pp-11
Wrong. Belief is not the right approach to enhance our understanding of the world.
Scientific method and scepticism are two more suitable approaches to developing
actual knowledge.
Belief is what you have to depend on when it comes to imaginary metaphysical
concepts. Like a god.

47. The Problem…
 In a NEW
SCIENTIST India
Edition article, the
scientists are now
theorizing “how our
brain artificially
creates God. New
Scientist 01.03.10
It is difficult to understand how knowledge and understanding can be a
problem. Unless, of course, you base your life on an old book of questionable
historical value, a book which find close to no support in science.

48. Hence only God said…..
 Surely you have turned things around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, for
shall the things made say of him who made
it, “He did not make me’? Or shall the
things formed say of Him who formed it,
“He has no understanding?”
Isaiah 29:16
As stated earlier: This is a literal interpretation
of a highly questionable source, which in
reality should be valued more as a novel, than
as a precise description of historical facts.

49. God is not far from anyone
 ….so that they should seek the Lord, in the
hope that they might grope for Him and
find Him, though He is not far from each
one of us.
Acts 17:27
As stated earlier: This is a literal interpretation
of a highly questionable source, which in
reality should be valued more as a novel, than
as a precise description of historical facts.

50. A solution for Karunyans
 As Karunyans, let us diligently seek God,
the Saviour daily.
 If our friends are having negative ideas, let
us tell them the truth.
 And hope that he/she finds the evidence for
the existence of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Not believing in an imaginary god is hardly a ”negative idea”. It has more
to do with seeking actual knowledge.
And ”evidence” is not the correct concept, when dealing with beliefs.

51. Search
for God
when
there is
still
time

52. Acknowledgements
 A Shattered Visage : The Real Face of
Atheism, Ravi Zacharias