According to some religious apologists I'm acquainted with, atheism is a problematical way of looking at reality and living one's life. Here is a list of some of the criticisms of atheism and atheists I've heard:
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- Atheism offers no hope.
- Atheism cannot explain existence.
- The amazing complexity of living things cannot be explained by atheism.
- Atheists are responsible for close to 100 million deaths during the twentieth century alone.
- Hitler was an atheist, and his atheism led him to commit his "final solution" resulting in the deaths of six million Jews.
- If one is an atheist, then there is no objective basis for that person's morality.
- Atheism is illogical because it is impossible to know that God doesn't exist.
- Atheism is a ruse because there are no true atheists: Supposed atheists do believe in God but don't recognize God's authority because they would rather sin.
- Atheists have created ideas like evolution and the multiverse to avoid the fact that God created the cosmos and life.
- Atheism is a mental illness brought on by childhood trauma regarding one's father which leads a person to reject her Heavenly Father.
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