Atheistic Views

Basic Atheism says “there is no God” (Eph. 2:12). It is the open positive denial of God's existence! "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." (Psalm 14:1).

Practical Atheism which teaches that there is godless existence (Ps. 10:4; 14:1; 53:1).

Speculative or Theoretical Atheism cannot be proven and must be accepted by faith.

Dogmatic Atheism is a flat denial that God exists, it advocates and propagates that God does not exist.

Skeptical Atheism is where the existence of God is simply doubted. It denies as conclusive, any evidence that supports the existence of God, and doubts the ability of the mind to know weather there is or is not a God.

Virtual Atheism holds to principals which are inconsistent with a belief in God. God is defined in terms that deny His essential Being; the explanation of the universe excludes the agency of a Creator or Godhead. Darwin was in this camp, he was a virtual atheist. What does this say about theistic evolutionists?

Agnosticism muses that there is no sufficient ground for the affirmation or negation that God is. Man is "incapable" of knowing anything outside of the realm of natural phenomenon.

Here's a question, how could an agnostic know this?

Agnosticism says the only way one can know anything is by an analogy and claims there is none. Since there is no analogy between the finite and infinite, there is therefore no knowledge of God.

Wait, there is an analogy!

Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

Materialism equals the universe. The universe equals atoms. The facts of experience are to be explained by reference to reality, to affinities, and laws of the material and physical substance. Priority is given to matter rather than the mind. This is where our a-posteriori or inductive reason come in handy. Remember the cosmological argument "powerful", the teleological argument "intelligent", and the anthropological argument "personality"? In what ways might one employ these to convince another about the the existence of God?

Idealism believes that the universe equals force, plus ideas (F+I=U). All things that are, are an organizational system of ideas. Priority is given to the mind over matter. This is where the the ontological argument may be helpful, as Matthew corectly pointed out in that thread, "The aim of the argument is to prove that God's non-existence is illogical, like a married bachelor."

Positivism says that mans knowledge is restricted to physical phenomenon. Senses are the only source of knowledge, nothing else exists but matter, the metaphysical is impossible.

These are atheistic views of the existence of God. Up to now we have pre' much covered or at least touched on every aspect of God's existence, but what is God like? We will look into this nex time. You can know God personally and have a real relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. You may ask me, "how?"

Brother John