著名理論
問:凡事必有因,第一因就是上帝。〔宇宙論證,The Cosmological Argument:第一因論證,The Argument from Cause〕
答:第一因未必是你所形容的上帝。
問:如果信神而最後沒有神,只失去少量金錢與時間;但如果不信神而最後有神,你便會下地獄!〔實用論證,The Pragmatic Argument:帕斯卡的賭注,Pascal's Wager〕
答:該信哪個宗教的神?信錯神也會下地獄的!
問:(1) 宇宙井然有序,不是偶然的,所以必有創造者。〔設計論證,The Argument From Design〕
(2) 在沙漠發現了一隻手錶,難道認為沒有製造這手錶的人嗎?〔鐘錶匠論證,Watchmaker Argument〕
答:誰創造了「創造者」?
問:有絕對/客觀的道德規條,因此必有一個絕對的道德規條定立者,它就是神。〔道德論證〕
答:世界各地道德、文化皆不同,例如對同性戀、安樂死、一夫一妻制等都沒有一致看法。
問:上帝是一切可能想像中最偉大的本體。假如它不存在,就還有一個比它更偉大的本體可同時存在和被想像到。因此,上帝是存在的。〔本體論證,Ontological Argument〕
答:孫悟空是一切可能想像中最好打的神仙。假如它不存在,就還有一個比孫悟空更好打的神仙可同時存在和被想像到。因此,孫悟空是存在的。
問:很多人相信有神,因此,神很有可能存在。〔公認論證〕
答:很多人在黑死病時期都相信疫症是由魔鬼引起;以前中國有瘟疫時,大多數村民也認為是瘟神作崇。
問:耶穌自稱是神,祂不是瘋子、騙子,就真的是神。〔三難問題,Trilemma〕
答:(1) 古往今來,都有一些瘋狂而具口才、又自我催眠認為自己是神的狂熱教派領袖。
(2) 根據聖經記載,耶穌從沒有自稱為神,這是其他門徒在耶穌死後才說的。
問:耶穌是各大宗教創教者中唯一自稱是神,死而復活,並以神跡改變了很多人的生命,因此耶穌是神存在的有力證據。[復活論證]
答:聖經從沒記載耶穌曾自稱是神,而記載耶穌復活的情節是後人添加的。〔耶穌不是救世主,更從來也沒有復活過〕
問:神的存在是不證自明、不言而喻的(self-evident / proved by unaided reason)
答:很理解這種面對著強烈反駁之下無力抗辯的回應。
Famous Theories
Q: Everything must have a cause, and the first cause is God. [ The Cosmological Argument: The Argument from Cause ]
A: The first cause may not be the God you described.
Q: If one believes and God doesn't exist, one loses little or nothing; if one doesn’t believe and God does exist, one will go to hell! [ The Pragmatic Argument: Pascal's wager ]
A: Which religions' gods should I believe? Believing the wrong god will also go to hell!
Q: (1) There is an established order in the universe which must be created by a Creator. [ The Argument From Design ]
(2) Don't you think there should be a watchmaker when you find a watch lying in the desert? [ Watchmaker Argument ]
A: Who created the "Creator"?
Q: There are absolute / objective moral rules, so there must be a deity to set the absolute moral rules. [ Moral Argument ]
A: The morality and cultures are different around the world. There is no consensus on many topics like homosexuality, euthanasia, monogamy, etc.
Q: God is the greatest possible being exists that in the mind. If he does not exist in reality, there must be a greater being that exists both in reality and mind. Therefore God exists. [ Ontological Argument ]
A: The Monkey King is the greatest possible immortal warrior that exists in the mind. If it does not exist in reality, there must be a greater immortal warrior that exists both in reality and mind. Therefore the Monkey King exists.
Q: Many people believe in God, so God is most likely to exist. [ Argument from Popularity ]
A: Many people also believe that the epidemic was caused by the Devil during the period of the Black Death.
Q: Jesus claimed himself to be God. If he is neither a madman nor a liar, he must really be the God. [ Trilemma ]
A: (1) There were many crazy and persuasive fanatical sect leaders who were self-hypnosized as being the God through the ages.
(2) According to the Bible, Jesus has never claimed to be God. It was only claimed by other disciples after his death.
Q: Jesus was the only founder among major religions who claimed to be God, resurrected from death, and performed miracles that changed many people's lives. It is strong evidence of the existence of God. [ Argument from the Resurrection ]
A: The Bible never recorded that Jesus claimed to be God, and the plot of Jesus' resurrection was later added. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His ... surrection_of_Jesus ]
Q: The existence of God is self-evident / proved by unaided reason.
A: I deeply understand the response of one's inability to defend under such strong rebuttals. |