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v · d Arguments for the existence of god Anthropic arguments   Anthropic principle · Natural-law argument Arguments for belief   Pascal's Wager · Argument from faith · Just hit your knees Christological arguments   Christological argument · Argument from biblical miracles · Would someone die for a lie? · Liar, Lunatic or Lord Cosmological arguments   Cosmological argument · Fine-tuning argument · First cause argument · Kalam · Uncaused cause · Unmoved mover Majority arguments   Argumentum ad populum · Argument from admired religious scientists Moral arguments   Moral argument · Argument from justice · Divine command theory Ontological argument   Ontological argument · Argument from degree · Argument from goodness · Argument from desire Reformed epistemology   Argument from divine sense · Sensus divinitatis Teleological arguments   Argument from design · Banana argument · 747 Junkyard argument · Laminin argument Testimonial arguments   Personal revelation · Argument from observed miracles · Argument from personal experience · Consciousness argument for the existence of God · Emotional pleas Transcendental arguments   Transcendental argument · God created numbers Biblical arguments   Biblical knowledge of round earth before science

v · d Arguments against the existence of god Existential arguments   Argument from nonbelief · Turtles all the way down · Who created God? · The three O paradox · No-reason argument · Santa Claus argument Arguments from the Bible   Failed Prophecy · Biblical contradictions Reasonableness arguments   Occam's Razor · Outsider test · Argument from locality · Argument from inconsistent revelations Moral arguments   Euthyphro dilemma · Problem of evil · Moral argument

v · d Common objections to atheism and counter-apologetics Personal   Why are you trying to tear down other people's faith? · Why can't everyone just have their beliefs? · What are your qualifications? · Atheists believe in nothing · You are a communist · Why do atheists inspire such hatred? Religious   That's not in my Bible · They're not true Christians · You just want to sin · Atheists know there is a God · It takes more faith to disbelieve than it does to believe · God doesn't believe in atheists · Science is a faith · Atheism is a religion · Atheists worship materialism · Hypocrisy of celebrating religious holidays · Atheism is based on faith Science and logic   You can't prove God doesn't exist · Science can't touch god · God can't be defined · So you think we came from nothing / pondsoup / monkeys? · If God didn't create everything, who did? · That might be true for you, but its not true for me · Religion is another way of knowing · God is trying to trick you with dinosaur bones · Satan is trying to trick you with dinosaur bones · Tides come in, tides go out. You can't explain that.

v · d Formal logic Three classic laws   Law of identity · Law of noncontradiction · Law of the excluded middle Logical constructions   Antecedent · Consequent · Premise · Conclusion · Dichotomy Logical operators   Negation (not) · Conjunction (and) · Disjunction (or) · Material implication (if then) · Biconditional (if and only if)

v · d Logical fallacies v · d Formal fallacies Propositional logic   Affirming a disjunct · Affirming the consequent · Argument from fallacy · False dilemma Quantificational logic   Existential fallacy · Illicit conversion · Proof by example · Quantifier shift Syllogistic   Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise · Exclusive premises · Necessity · Four-term Fallacy · Illicit major · Illicit minor · Undistributed middle v · d Faulty generalisations General   Begging the question · Gambler's fallacy · Slippery slope · Equivocation · argumentum verbosium Distribution fallacies   Fallacy of composition · Fallacy of division Data mining   Cherry picking · Accident fallacy · Spotlight fallacy · Hasty generalization · Special pleading Causation fallacies   Post hoc ergo propter hoc · Retrospective determinism · Suppressed correlative · Wrong direction Ontological fallacies   Fallacy of reification · Pathetic fallacy · Loki's Wager v · d False relevance Appeals   Appeal to authority · Appeal to consequences · Appeal to emotion · Appeal to motive · Appeal to novelty · Appeal to tradition · Appeal to pity · Appeal to popularity · Appeal to poverty · Appeal to spite · Appeal to wealth · Sentimental fallacy · Argumentum ad baculum Ad hominem   Ad hominem abusive · Reductio ad Hitlerum · Judgmental language · Straw man · Tu quoque Genetic Fallacies   Genetic fallacy · Chronological snobbery · Association fallacy · Appeal to tradition · Texas sharpshooter fallacy

v · d Science v · d General science Scientific method   Scientific theory · Hypothesis · Evidence · Examining claims · Skepticism Scientific Disciplines   Physics · Biology · Chemistry · Psychology · Medical Science · Mathematics History of science   Library of Alexandria · Aristotle · Dark ages · Renaissance · The enlightenment · Heliocentrism · Newtonian physics · Darwinian evolution · Mendelian genetics · Relativity Theory · Quantum mechanics · Space exploration · Computer sciences · String theory Champions of reason   Carl Sagan · Karl Kruszelnicki · Julius Sumner Miller · John Allan Paulos · James Randi v · d Biology Evolution   Overview of genetics · Genetic mutation · Hereditary change · Natural selection · Adaptation Abiogenesis   Possible theories of abiogenesis · Building blocks of life · The Urey-Miller experiment Evolutionary straw men   Life just exploded from nothing · So you think we came from monkeys · How did the first dog find a mate · Crocoducks · Banana argument · 747 Junkyard argument · Irreducible complexity · Chuck Missler's jar of peanut butter · What good is half a wing? Notable Biologists   Charles Darwin · Alfred Russel Wallace · Thomas Huxley · Gregor Mendel · Stanley Miller · Norman Borlaug · Richard Lenski · Jerry Coyne · Richard Dawkins · PZ Myers Notable quacks   William Dembski · Michael Behe · Geoffrey Simmons · Ken Ham v · d Physics Cosmology   Big bang · Relativity theory · The cosmos · Black holes Quantum mechanics   Heisenberg Principle · Schrödinger's cat · Atomic decay Physics straw men   Fine-tuning argument · Anthropic principle · Quantum mechanics and free will · Quantum mechanics and the after life · Quantum mechanics and Naturopathy · Something can't come from nothing Notable Physicists   Plato · Isaac Newton · Albert Einstein · Maxwell Plank · Niels Bohr · Werner Heisenberg · Richard Feynman · Erwin Schrödinger · Freeman Dyson · Roger Penrose · Neil deGrasse Tyson · Stephen Hawking · Micho Kaku Notable Quacks   Dinesh D'Souza · Ray Comfort v · d Mathematics Mathematics   Overview of mathematics · Numbers in reality · History of numbers Statistics   Sample size · Selection bias · Data mining · Standard divination · Statistical significance · Statistical probability · Meta probability · Gambler's fallacy Mathematics in nature   Golden ratio · Golden spiral · Fibonacci sequence Mathematics and religion   Biblical value of pi · Noah's flood

v · d Philosophy History of philosophy   Ancient Greek philosophy · Rationalism · Post Modernism · Utilitarianism · Existentialism · Objectivism · Metaphysics of quality · Secular humanism · Transhumanism Existence   Reality · Mind-body dualism · Purpose of existence · Value of life · Solipsism Morality and ethics   Ethics of Aristotle · Relative morality · Objective morality · Golden rule Epistemology   Belief · Truth · Justification · A priori · A posteriori · Observation · Analysis · Synthesis · Absolute certainty · Information theory · Plato's Apology of Socrates

v · d Atheism Atheist Definitions   Etymology of the word atheist · Weak atheism · Strong atheism · Agnosticism · Atheist vs. agnostic · Tenets and dogma Literature   Why I Am Not a Christian · The God Delusion · God: The Failed Hypothesis · Letter to a Christian Nation · God Is Not Great · Irreligion · 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God Atheist and secular groups   Atheist groups · Secular charities · How American Non-Atheists view Atheists Notable non-believers   Robert Ingersoll · Charles Darwin · Bertrand Russell · Mark Twain · Richard Dawkins · Daniel Dennett · Christopher Hitchens · Sam Harris · PZ Myers · Reginald Vaughn Finley · Guy P. Harrison · Victor Stenger · Carl Sagan · James Randi · John Allen Paulos

v · d Christianity Christian beliefs   God · Jesus Christ · Moses · Resurrection · Atonement · Creationism · Sin · Afterlife · Other beliefs Tenets and dogma   Ten Commandments · Dogma · Rituals · Homosexuality Holy texts   Bible · Old Testament · New Testament · Gospels · Apocrypha · Ninety-Five Theses · Modern biblical translations Christian denominations   Catholicism · Anglicanism · Lutheranism · Baptist · Evangelical · Pentecostal · Mormonism · Jehovah's Witnesses · Other denominations History of Christianity   Overview of early Christianity · Overview of middle Christianity · Overview of modern Christianity Christianity and politics   Dominionism · America as a Christian nation · Australia as a Christian nation · Separation of church and state · Christianity invented secularism · Blue laws · Notable Christian political parties Christianity and science   Creation science · Intelligent design · Quantum mysticism · Christianity invented science Christianity and medicine   Christian Science · Jehovah's Witnesses · Abortion · Contraception · Notable cases of medical negligence due to Christian beliefs Christianity and Education   Teach the controversy · Abstinence-only sex education · Prayer in school · Religious universities · Theological studies · Comparative religion studies

v · d Islam Islamic beliefs   Allah · Muhammad · Other prophets · Afterlife Tenants and dogma   jihād · Fatwā · Martyrdom · Graven images · Infidels Holy texts   Qur'an · Sunnah Islamic denominations   Sunni · Shia History of Islam   Islamic golden age · Modern Islam Islamic politics   Islamic Theocracies · Sharia law