Atheism

Atheism is the belief that there is no God, or the lack of belief in God. Implicit, or weak Atheism, does not accept God because it sees no evidence of God. Explicit, or strong, Atheism states that the existence of God is impossible.

The Bible warns against Atheism
states, "The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good."

there's also a footnote:

Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Therefore, the Bible states that an Atheist is morally deficient. While all people are morally deficient, the Bible specifically condemns Atheism, something to keep in mind.

Atheist objections and the Christian response

 * God can't exist because the universe isn't infinite, therefore an infinitely powerful being couldn't exist here!

The Bible tells us that not even the entire universe can contain God, rendering this argument null and void 1. This is, however, a good argument against many paganistic religions, which can be useful for apologetics purposes, so it's probably good to keep in mind.


 * How can God exist when there is so much evil in the world?

In theology and philosophy, the problem of evil is known as theodicy. When God created the universe, evil did not exist. Sin began when Satan rebelled because he wanted to be exalted, then Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil against God's express command (see original sin, condemning mankind to death. (Note: I think that Augustine of Hippo expounded on this idea. Always good to cite the church fathers). Sin is the absence of good, just as atheism is the absence of faith.


 * Science (In particular, Occam's razor) dictates that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one. The Universe simply being is less complicated then a supernatural diety. Therefore, there probably isn't a God.

A good response to this would be which is more simpler, that your popsicle was made in a popsicle factory or that all the fundamental particles for a popsicle formed together into a popsicle shape and lowered themselves below freezing point compleatly on their own on a stick just the right length for a human to hold, then had a wrapper form around it with the words "Happy happy joy joy ice cream factory" stamped on it? Simply having a source for something's creation may make things seem more complicated on the surface, but its more complicated to assume that something somehow came out of nothing than it is to assume that if something is made, it has to have a maker. Also, there isn't really any good evidence that space "ends" so to speak, so in a way, the infinitly large nature of the universe is already infinitly complicated, so to assume that something infinitly complicated came from nothing is even more complicated. ( Insert here other arguments for Atheism, and the Christian response)