5 Arguments Atheists Make That Christians Can Debunk

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Imagine this. You are having a great morning spent at church praising our loving God. You celebrate that by sharing the news on social media, only for someone to jump in the comments and begin attacking you. They yell “Christianity is fake!” through the keyboard, and your whole day seems to come down.

In this world today, there are going to be people that do not believe in God, Christianity or religion as a whole. Atheists may be your best friends, family, co-workers or complete strangers. It’s okay that these people don’t always share their values with you, but sometimes it’s necessary to argue back. You want to defend your Christian faith, but may not know the best way how.

When responding to criticizers, here are tips. These common arguments are easy to debunk if you use them correctly. Share your wealth of knowledge on God with others so that they can come to learn and understand why you became a Christian.

“There is no evidence for God’s existence.”

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Unfortunately, this one can be hard to debate because what on person views as sufficient evidence will not be enough evidence for another. The typical argument here is that there isn’t any physical evidence. However, one thing to really point out here is that Christians have never claimed to believe in a physical God. If there was a physical God who revealed himself, that would go against a lot of Christian beliefs. Christians believe what the scripture says, that God is spirit. To request that there be material proof of His existence does not go with the beliefs. This, of course, does not always go over well with atheists. We can still try to show them examples of God in our lives when given this argument.

“Christianity is an evil religion.”

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There are a few ways someone might argue this. First, an atheist may say a God who allows so much suffering and death can be nothing but evil. An atheist might say if God is so powerful than He must simply not care for us. But it boils down to what Christians believe in – that evil came as a result of free creatures using their free will badly, the opposite of the way human beings were designed to function in a community. In order for evil to exist in the world, there must be an objective standard of goodness. You can’t have evil without the good, which Christians believe comes from God. Evil things have happened because of the Christian church, yes. That would point to specific individuals abusing the religion and using it for personal gain, instead of following God’s actual teachings.

“Science explains everything, who needs God?”

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Science, by definition, simply cannot explain everything. There are certain instances in the world where science isn’t equipped to answer all questions on its own. Science can provide some important context for religions, history, legal, and other philosophical truths however won’t be able to explain everything. This also suggests that science and the Christian God are somehow incompatible. These two things do not have to be mutually exclusive, and in fact many scientists believe that science actually strengthens their belief in God. In addition, Christianity rose during the Roman Empire, a group of people who were not known for their stupidity. To believe that Christianity only arose because it was a time without modern science is ignorant in itself.

“If God created the universe, who created God?”

This argument comes up frequently, however it doesn’t necessarily make sense. If God had a creator, than that creator would be God. God is God for the pure fact that He did not have a creator. Our Christian God is the predecessor of all things in creation and eternal. God is worshiped because he is the one who made heaven and earth, and created everything else. He is the one and only source for everything. Many atheists will cry “logical fallacy” at this argument; however it doesn’t dismiss the Christian belief system. Those who use this argument against Christianity simply fail to grasp what Christians understand as eternal.

“The Bible is full of contradictions.”

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Many will reject the idea of Christianity because the Bible contradicts itself. In reality, many of these alleged contradictions in the Bible are taking verses out of context. For example, the Bible refers to sunrise and sunset, so some critics claim that it teaches that the sun goes around the earth. But clearly the Bible is using the language of appearance—describing a phenomenon as it appears from a human perspective. Skeptics also frequently quote flawed translations of the Bible as well. The translations can cause breaks in understanding and meaning. The translation process is not infallible, so we must consider what the original Hebrew author intended.