This document summarizes a presentation about discussing Christianity from an agnostic atheist perspective. It outlines arguments for and against theism and atheism. The presentation acknowledges different views on religion and lack thereof, and aims to have a respectful discussion. It also shares the author's perspective of struggling to believe in Christianity due to lack of evidence and issues with the Bible's contents.

1. Discussing Christianity
Atheism Vs. Theism
Heretical Vs. Orthodox
Fiction Vs. Reality
By Robert Young

2. Disclaimers
• I myself am an Agnostic Atheist. This means I don’t
believe in a god, but I also do not claim to know the
truth about it either. I am open to changing my mind.
• Don’t take my word as fact. I am not a spiritual
adviser and I do not know everything.
• I am trying to be as objective as possible here by
attempting to leave out my personal biases.
• My goal here is to have a friendly discussion about a
big topic in most peoples’ lives.

3. Theism (Belief of a god)
• Christianity will be used for this discussion.
• Uses the Bible as it’s standard for Christian
followers.
• Many different types of Christianity exist, they
are called Denominations.
• Believes in a god that created our universe.

4. Arguments for Theism
• The universe is so complex, an omnipotent
being must have created it.
• Many historical accounts speak of Jesus.
• The Bible matches up historically with other
documents, making it a bit more credible as a
historical source.
• Christianity gives peoples’ lives a purpose.

5. Arguments against Theism
• How is a Christian god different than Greek or
Roman gods?
• The Bible is not proof god exists.
• Religion has been the cause of much of the
war and suffering in this world.
• If god were real, why does he watch those
who he supposedly loves die everyday.
• There is no physical proof that god exists.

6. Atheism (The lack of belief in a god)
• Many forms and degrees of Atheism.
• Atheism is not a religion, it is a lack of religion.
• Atheism is not always on purpose.
• Atheists do not believe in sin, as sin is biblical.
• Do not believe in any sort of deity.

7. Variations of Atheism and Theism

8. Arguments against Atheism
• If you are a Theist and are wrong, you will
simply die. However, if you are wrong as an
Atheist, you will spend eternity in hell.
• Where do you get your morals from if you
believe in no god?
• Without god, what is the point of life? (Causes
Nihilist point of view) (1)

9. Arguments for Atheism
• Religion was simply a way to explain things
humans didn’t understand before science
could understand them. (Sun worship, etc.)
• There is no physical evidence of a god existing;
only an ancient book that could have been
altered by anyone in the last 2,000 years.
• It should not be up to Atheists to disprove
god, rather Theists should have evidence for
their claims.

10. My thoughts
• I want the truth, I will not believe in any sort of god unless
there is substantial evidence that it exists.
• Used to be a Christian, spent 16 years praying and never got a
response back.
• There are 41,000+ denominations of Christianity alone. How
could I pick only one of them and believe in it with no
evidence? (2)
• The Bible promotes slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46), kidnapping
, murder, rape (Judges 21:10-24)(3), misogyny (I Timothy 2:11-
14) and human sacrifice (Deuteronomy 13:13-19). I cannot
with good conscience believe anything this book says.

11. The End
• If anyone wants to have a discussion about
religion, talk to me about it.
• I hope you enjoyed my presentation!

12. Works Cited
• 1 - Benedict, Pope. "Shameless Popery: Three Arguments Against Atheism
from Pope Benedict." Shameless Popery: Three Arguments Against
Atheism from Pope Benedict. N.p., 18 July 2012. Web. 28 Oct. 2012.
<http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2012/07/three-arguments-against-
atheism-from.html>.
• 2 - "List of Christian Denominations." Wikipedia. Wikimedia
Foundation, 26 Oct. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations>.
• 3 - "Slavery in the Bible." Slavery in the Bible. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.evilbible.com/Slavery.htm>.
• 4 - NLT Study Bible. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2008. Print.
• 5 - "Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2012.
<http://images.google.com/>.