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Should Christians be shaken by brilliant atheist philosophers like Graham Oppy?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 27) 00:41:19 – 00:45:25

Listener Silas Abrahamson says he is sometimes shaken that brilliant philosophers like Graham Oppy are atheists.

Mike's response: (1) It used to shake him but no longer. (2) When we don't understand an issue, we defer to respected authorities — that's understandable. (3) It's "at least a tie": Alvin Plantinga is equally eminent and theist. (4) Graham Oppy is not a typical internet atheist — he actually acknowledges respectable arguments for God's existence; he just disagrees. (5) Plantinga argues atheists have something wrong in their noetic structure/reasoning (consistent with Christian anthropology of sin distorting reason). (6) Smart people can be very skilled at talking themselves into weird conclusions — intelligence does not guarantee correct conclusions. (7) The evidence for God's existence and for Christianity is overwhelmingly strong; objections are usually nitpicky or misrepresentations.

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