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Upcoming video topic: responding to common atheist arguments against God

I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True

Mike plans a future series on 'Jesus in the Old Testament' after completing his Romans series, and the next week's livestream will respond to Ricky Gervais's atheism arguments.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Q&A: Non-Christian friends interested in understanding worldview — all worldviews must be consistent and accurate

The Debate Over James 2： Catholic or Protestant View

Named skeptics to be examined: Matt Dillahunty, David Hume, Sam Harris, Dan Barker, Richard Carrier, Bart Ehrman

Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus

Series context: Part 2 of a refutation of atheist YouTuber Aron Ra's video claiming the Bible has zero fulfilled prophecy.

Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2

Closing assessment of Aron Ra: comes across as a zealot for atheism who prioritizes tearing down Christianity over pursuing truth.

Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2

Sye clarifies: atheists are not necessarily liars — they are truth suppressors, which is a psychological phenomenon, not simple conscious deception

Does Presup Apologetics Have a Biblical Foundation？ Mike Winger vs Sye Ten Bruggencate

Debate over Proverbs 26:4-5: Sye says 'fool's folly' = atheism (Psalm 14:1); Winger says 'fool' in Proverbs is broader than just the atheist

Does Presup Apologetics Have a Biblical Foundation？ Mike Winger vs Sye Ten Bruggencate

Vatican II includes a category of atheists of 'goodwill' who may be saved

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Q&A: Can atheists be saved? — Romans 1 and the hardening process of rejecting God

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Definition of atheism debate: classical (affirming God does not exist) vs. modern redefinition as "lack of belief" to avoid burden of proof

YouTube Atheism vs YouTube Christianity

Romans 1:18-32 describes two divine judgments on those who suppress the evidence for God: sin and a debased mind

Why We Can't Agree on What Faith Is and What We Can Learn From It.

Apologetic mission trips: exposing youth to real intellectual and religious conflict as a discipleship strategy

The State of Youth Today and How to Disciple Them (Dr. Sean McDowell)

Pastoral observation: many Jesus mythicists are atheists/agnostics who find it convenient to deny Jesus existed rather than grapple with who he claimed to be

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

It is epistemically wrong to require Christians to answer every argument or question before their faith is valid

How You Can Know and Show Christianity Is True (Understanding Apologetic Methodology)

Internet atheism often operates by demanding unanswerable questions rather than engaging arguments honestly

How You Can Know and Show Christianity Is True (Understanding Apologetic Methodology)

When an atheist asks context-free gotcha questions and refuses to engage answers, move on

How You Can Know and Show Christianity Is True (Understanding Apologetic Methodology)

Ecclesiastes as internal critique of atheist/godless worldview, not normative theology

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

Mike rebuts a viewer's accusation that Christians believe only because of family pressure or weakness, sharing his own testimony of coming to faith alone in a non-Christian home and listing multiple philosophical reasons he holds for God's existence.

Live Q&A With Mike Winger

Mike argues it is philosophically irrational to charge God with immorality because God’s character is the very grounding of moral goodness, making the question of whether God could do something immoral logically incoherent, analogous to asking if a circle could be a square.

Live Q&A With Mike Winger

Free will is biblically assumed throughout Scripture — humans are treated as responsible agents making real choices

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 22)

Religion as social control: a compliment, not a refutation

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 19)

Confirmation bias accusations are themselves prone to confirmation bias; fear of confirmation bias is not sufficient reason to disbelieve something

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 25)

The Kalam Cosmological Argument and responses to atheist objections about eternal energy and quantum vacuums.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28)

Evangelizing family and close friends is uniquely difficult because familiarity breeds dismissal; redirecting to outside sources may be more effective.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28)

Responding to online skeptics who call God evil and Christianity irrational: focus on one argument, watch for dumping tactics

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 26)

Overview: Responding to an article presenting the "best arguments" of top atheists against God. The first four are circular and self-refuting; the fifth (problem of evil) is genuinely difficult but well-answered.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 1 — "We're all atheists, some just go one god further" — is logically absurd. Believing in one God IS the defining difference between monotheism and atheism; it's not a minor distinction.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 3 — Nietzsche's "atheism is instinctual" — backfires because sociological research shows religious belief is actually natural and atheism must be trained. Also applies a double standard on evidence.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 4 — "Religion is desperation, fear of reality" (Nietzsche) — is circular (assumes atheism is reality) and actually describes Buddhism more than Christianity. Atheism itself denies key realities.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

The problem of evil actually backfires on atheism: evil's existence presupposes objective moral values, which have no grounding on atheism. The problem of evil is itself evidence for God.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

The problem of evil is the #1 argument that practically draws people away from God, but Christianity alone offers both intellectual answers and emotional/pastoral hope — atheism offers neither explanation nor solution.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Winger's approach to skeptical worldviews: challenge the person to live consistently with their beliefs. He recounts a conversation with a man who believed reality was an illusion and 'all is one' — but who refused to give away his possessions, proving he didn't actually believe what he claimed. Atheism similarly cannot be lived consistently (e.g., pretending moral values exist).

Here's Me Using the Bible to Prove the Bible

Introduction: surprise livestream responding to a video by Jim Majors, CEO of Atheist Republic, to help atheists and skeptics who may be receiving bad information

Atheists Can Be Gullible Too

Jim Majors, CEO of Atheist Republic (2.2M Facebook followers), is promoting a forthcoming book critiquing Christianity called 'Holy Proofreading: Correcting Christianity'

Atheists Can Be Gullible Too

Atheists (Dan Barker) also use the cross-vs-stake argument to discredit Christianity

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.

Overview: Responding to an article presenting the "best arguments" of top atheists against God. The first four are circular and self-refuting; the fifth (problem of evil) is genuinely difficult but well-answered.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 1 — "We're all atheists, some just go one god further" — is logically absurd. Believing in one God IS the defining difference between monotheism and atheism; it's not a minor distinction.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 3 — Nietzsche's "atheism is instinctual" — backfires because sociological research shows religious belief is actually natural and atheism must be trained. Also applies a double standard on evidence.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Argument 4 — "Religion is desperation, fear of reality" (Nietzsche) — is circular (assumes atheism is reality) and actually describes Buddhism more than Christianity. Atheism itself denies key realities.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

The problem of evil actually backfires on atheism: evil's existence presupposes objective moral values, which have no grounding on atheism. The problem of evil is itself evidence for God.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

The problem of evil is the #1 argument that practically draws people away from God, but Christianity alone offers both intellectual answers and emotional/pastoral hope — atheism offers neither explanation nor solution.

TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They？

Can a Christian Marry a Non-Christian?: Is it OK for a Christian to marry a non-Christian like a Buddhist, atheist, or Muslim? And what if they already have children? How would you counsel the Christian?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 36)

About Gratitude in the Midst of Hardship: When I was an atheist, I got depressed and actually planned to end my life to escape all its struggles. I now know God exists, but I can’t be grateful for being created. How do I repent from that?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 37)

Should Atheist Arguments Concern Us?: Should we be concerned about counterarguments that atheists and skeptics present to our faith?

20 Questions episode 41 (part 2 after internet issues)

Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?: Do we have evidence that Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible? My atheist friend is questioning this.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 45)

Could God Exist but Not be Perfectly Good?: Atheist here. What stops a supernatural but not perfectly good being from being the author of the miracles in the Bible, especially when you already accept the existence of supernatural beings?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 72)

Does Creating Time Require Time?: An atheist posited this question: If God created time, doesn't that require time, to create time?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 72)

Is a Belief in God an Attempt to Personalize the Impersonal?: An atheist claims: “Belief in God is what happens when social brains try to explain an impersonal universe. Personal explanations for impersonal events fail to deal with logic of uncertainty.” Any help?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 72)

About Bart Ehrman’s Teachings & Tactics: You have talked about Dr. Bart Ehrman (ex: your “Atheist Scholar Misleads Millions Of People” video). Does he also use these "techniques" on his professional peers?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 84)

> I have been thinking about our responsibilities as a watchman when no one wants to listen to our warning. How far are we to push someone who refuses to listen? I have just been through that and so i...

Historical Progression of Zionism <http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/zionism/ZionistState/historical.cfm> 18th century: The German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn initiates a Jewish secularis...

Peter, You wrote: The crux of our impasse is that it seems to me that you want to consider that passages that show the role of the Father – as in the case of the Lord opening Lydia’s heart, and insist...

A few comments: There is no hope that an atheist can come to faith unless the person gives up their atheism Not sure why this needs to be said – as it is a trivial point. It is not different than sayi...

Peter, I quoted a Scripture that said that a person must believe that God exists before he can draw near to Him. Your response was: Not sure why this needs to be said – as it is a trivial point. It is...

Hi Robin: First off, apologies for making that assumption. As soon as I read “NON CALVINIST” I jumped to that conclusion. And when it comes to the issue of Calvinism, I’m not the most patient person...