# \#Atheism

**URL:** https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/tag/atheism/6.md

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## [A modal ontological argument for atheism?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-modal-ontological-argument-for-atheism/17647)

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**Author:** [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-modal-ontological-argument-for-atheism/17647 "2026-01-31T01:44:05Z")

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There have been several recent discussions in this forum of the modal ontological argument for theism, so I thought members might be interested in a recently published paper arguing that a form of this argument actually …

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## ["The genetic code is a real code" is this debate over yet?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-genetic-code-is-a-real-code-is-this-debate-over-yet/17566)

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**Author:** [@Jon-Perry](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Jon-Perry)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-genetic-code-is-a-real-code-is-this-debate-over-yet/17566 "2025-12-29T22:20:21Z")

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For the past 15 years I’ve been teaching genetics online. When the “genetic code” is mentioned, I often get blasted by fellow atheists mad at me for using the term. This slowed the past few years so I assumed the debate…

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## [Is there an equation or a numeric way to express the probability that the universe occurred randomly (i.e. no conscious creator involved)?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-there-an-equation-or-a-numeric-way-to-express-the-probability-that-the-universe-occurred-randomly-i-e-no-conscious-creator-involved/16824)

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**Author:** [@LogosOfLogic](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/LogosOfLogic)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-there-an-equation-or-a-numeric-way-to-express-the-probability-that-the-universe-occurred-randomly-i-e-no-conscious-creator-involved/16824 "2024-10-18T01:08:52Z")

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Basically what I’m asking is if there is an equation, a mathematical way to represent the likelihood probability of everythingoccurring by chance. Which is the position that scientists have that everything is just a rand…

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## [Dembski: Building a Better Definition of Intelligent Design](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dembski-building-a-better-definition-of-intelligent-design/16746)

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**Author:** [@sfmatheson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/sfmatheson)\
**Replies:** 216\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dembski-building-a-better-definition-of-intelligent-design/16746 "2024-09-06T21:58:40Z")

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Bill Dembski has posted a long, detailed, and interesting piece on how to define “intelligent design.” I enjoyed it and learned from it, and I wonder if it might stimulate some interesting discussion here. It is IMO a t…

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## [DarrenG's Complaint was Never Addressed](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/darrengs-complaint-was-never-addressed/16595)

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**Author:** [@gbrooks9](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/gbrooks9)\
**Replies:** 88\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/darrengs-complaint-was-never-addressed/16595 "2024-04-05T22:58:49Z")

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Yes, this is an old posting … but the continued lack of action (which would be simple) spurs me on to ask why we are asking Atheists to represent the theist views of GAE? They are notoriously bad when it comes to explai…

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## [How to meet YECs halfway?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-to-meet-yecs-halfway/16577)

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**Author:** [@gbrooks9](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/gbrooks9)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-to-meet-yecs-halfway/16577 "2024-03-25T22:07:34Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Thoughts on discussion strategy: @SlightlyOddGuy Imagine if I told you that someone created a blog where the best way to disprove Intelligent Design was spend 5 years arguing “there is n…

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## [Topics segregated by religion?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/topics-segregated-by-religion/16562)

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**Author:** [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/topics-segregated-by-religion/16562 "2024-03-17T12:25:28Z")

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Is it now policy on this board that members will be banned from participating is certain topics because of their religious beliefs? GAE and the Noahic Flood (for CASEs) - Peaceful Science

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## [The most current scientific evidence for the existence of God?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-scientific-evidence-for-the-existence-of-god/15549)

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**Author:** [@Audrey](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Audrey)\
**Replies:** 150\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-scientific-evidence-for-the-existence-of-god/15549 "2022-11-28T02:39:36Z")

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Hello. I have a difficult time understanding science. So I am coming here for help. I would love your input on the best current arguments for the existence of God, that can be suggested from current scientific findings. …

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## [The most current philosophical arguments for the existence of God?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-philosophical-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god/15551)

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**Author:** [@misterme987](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/misterme987)\
**Replies:** 116\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-philosophical-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god/15551 "2022-11-27T07:00:13Z")

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I know that many of the people here are Christians, like me, and that many here also do not believe that teleological arguments are valid evidence for the existence of God (which I agree with), as the responses to Audrey…

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## [Naturalism and Abiogenesis](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/naturalism-and-abiogenesis/14393)

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**Author:** [@LogosOfLogic](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/LogosOfLogic)\
**Replies:** 108\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/naturalism-and-abiogenesis/14393 "2021-10-21T15:34:47Z")

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Abiogenesis is the scientific theory that life comes only from life yet somehow in the far distant past life came from non life in that inanimate became animate however if this is a naturally occurring phenomenon in the…

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## [Did the classical universe have a beginning (renamed)](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/did-the-classical-universe-have-a-beginning-renamed/14397)

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**Author:** [@LogosOfLogic](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/LogosOfLogic)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/did-the-classical-universe-have-a-beginning-renamed/14397 "2021-10-20T16:30:36Z")

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Did the universe have a beginning? Is the big Bang theory still the most dominant scientific theory for the beginning of the universe? What caused the primordial singularity to falter in density allowing the Big Bang to …

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## [Humanist view of the Meaning of Life](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/humanist-view-of-the-meaning-of-life/14414)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/humanist-view-of-the-meaning-of-life/14414 "2021-10-18T12:25:33Z")

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## [Canadian Census will overestimate prevalence of religious belief](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/canadian-census-will-overestimate-prevalence-of-religious-belief/13684)

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**Author:** [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/canadian-census-will-overestimate-prevalence-of-religious-belief/13684 "2021-05-07T17:08:49Z")

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Canada is currently conducting its census. One question on the long form (sent to 25% of households) attempts to identify respondents’ religious beliefs. However, it is worded in a manner that will likely underestimate…

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## [Atheists To Save Historic Wooden German Church Plank By Plank](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/atheists-to-save-historic-wooden-german-church-plank-by-plank/12840)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/atheists-to-save-historic-wooden-german-church-plank-by-plank/12840 "2020-12-22T17:45:07Z")

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Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm "no". Yet he and other villagers in and around the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church b…

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## [Research links atheism to emotional suppression](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/research-links-atheism-to-emotional-suppression/11267)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/research-links-atheism-to-emotional-suppression/11267 "2020-07-30T19:27:00Z")

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Interesting article sumarry, and I’d say this matches my expertises with most atheists. Where it doesn’t fit well IMO, is for the most students anti-theists, who can be very emotional. https://www.psypost.org/2020/07/ne…

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## [C.S. Lewis: finding God when we thought we were alone](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/c-s-lewis-finding-god-when-we-thought-we-were-alone/10264)

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**Author:** [@Jordan](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Jordan)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/c-s-lewis-finding-god-when-we-thought-we-were-alone/10264 "2020-07-30T03:21:45Z")

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On Monday there was a wonderful Zoom webinar co-sponsored by Peaceful Science about Christian scientists’ engagement with the Resurrection. Our own @AndyWalsh and @dga471 were panelists along with Erica Carlson (Physics,…

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## [Fine Tuning, Anthropic Principle and Evolution](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/fine-tuning-anthropic-principle-and-evolution/10797)

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**Author:** [@Paul.B.Rimmer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Paul.B.Rimmer)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/fine-tuning-anthropic-principle-and-evolution/10797 "2020-06-01T20:01:43Z")

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One popular reply to the fine tuning argument is to invoke the anthropic principle. However unlikely the conditions were that resulted in my existence doesn’t tell us anything about anything, because if I didn’t exist, I…

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## [Taxonomy of atheism](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/taxonomy-of-atheism/10657)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/taxonomy-of-atheism/10657 "2020-05-06T03:32:41Z")

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The author is a friend from my Google Plus days. :slight\_smile: What a person thinks is convincing is also dependent on what they know of heuristics. The say-so of an authority is often worth considering, but isn’t a…

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## [Mike Ruse: Thank God I'm Not a New Atheist](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/mike-ruse-thank-god-im-not-a-new-atheist/3052)

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**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/mike-ruse-thank-god-im-not-a-new-atheist/3052 "2018-11-24T18:03:31Z")

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I am a non-believer. If you asked me about Christian beliefs specifically (a creator God, Jesus as redeemer, resurrection, eternal life etc) I am an atheist. However, the New Atheists cannot stand me. My objections…

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## [YEC Atheists](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/yec-atheists/4868)

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**Author:** [@Philosurfer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Philosurfer)\
**Replies:** 99\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/yec-atheists/4868 "2019-03-01T16:06:37Z")

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That is exactly right. Are you watching @deuteroKJ and @Philosurfer?