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HOW does the existence of the Universe make those who do not worship God to be "without excuse"?
St. Paul is evidently musing on themes in the book of Wisdom in Chapter 1 and beyond:
Wisdom 13:1-9 But all men are vain, in whom there is not the knowledge of God: and who by these good things that ...
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell?
It is illogical for an atheist to think they would go to hell.
Given they have arrived at the conclusion God does not exist, then they must also disbelieve in any place of eternal torment after death.
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell?
The illogic is in the question itself.
You say: “God gives me reason. … God doesn't exist”.
Asking a question based on two mutually exclusive facts doesn't make logical sense.
One can't believe both ...
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HOW does the existence of the Universe make those who do not worship God to be "without excuse"?
One way to think about this is:
Within the "all that there is" of the universe cause and effect is supremely evident and unavoidably universal. If it were not so we would have no way to ...
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What are the most common reasons that cause Christians to deconvert to atheism/agnosticism?
What's wrong?
What are the most common reasons that cause Christians to lose their faith and turn to atheism, agnosticism or skepticism?
Well... it's hard to arrive at a factual answer. The only ...
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Does Modern Science come to the aid of Christianity's Doctrine of Creation, exposing a flaw in Atheism's plank of "No Cause"?
I am an ex-atheist Christian. I think I can safely promise you that no line of reasoning presented by another person will convince an atheist against his will. Logical "proofs" of the ...
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Are there any atheists in the Bible?
As correctly explained in Jon's answer, non-belief in the Bible is normally in terms of practical atheism ("there is no god that impacts my life") rather than absolute atheism ("there ...
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Will Agnostics and Atheists go to Hell? (Catholic)
The Catholic Church teaches that particular judgment is final
You had originally asked a hybrid question: what Catholics believe, and what the biblical basis is for not believing in Jesus and going ...
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If faith is a gift from God, and atheists (might) go to hell, is God ultimately willing to send atheists to hell? (Catholic perspective)
By choosing to turn one's back on God, one condemns oneself ...
CCC 1033 To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our ...
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If one abandons his faith in Catholicism and becomes an Atheist, could he still go to heaven?
Introduction (personal opinion)
Before presenting the Catholic Church's teaching on abandoning a person's childhood Catholic faith, I would like to review the connection of all elements in your ...
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Which denomination had the largest percent of members who now profess atheism?
Which denomination has the largest percent of members professing atheism?
As some of the comments infer: I really doubt there's going to be enough stats to answer this. Churches can barely keep track ...
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Can you be Christian if you don't believe in God?
No.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth;...
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell?
In Christianity we believe that reason is NOT the only tool that God gave us. He also revealed Himself in his miraculous and covenantal dealings with his chosen people Israel starting with Abraham (...
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell?
God gave reason to more than yourself. Though it seems illogical for an atheist to credit God with giving you such a sublime faculty. Leaving that aside, consider the following logical points. The ...
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HOW does the existence of the Universe make those who do not worship God to be "without excuse"?
Imagine if the Universe had always existed. Of course, that would mean there is an infinite amount of time in the past. That would mean that no matter how much time you spent trying you would never ...
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If faith is a gift from God, and atheists (might) go to hell, is God ultimately willing to send atheists to hell? (Catholic perspective)
Good question with concise phrasing! To paraphrase, "If faith is God's gift, then those who are not given this gift are not at fault and should not be punished (with Hell)."
Overview
The core of ...
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What is an open atheist's fate in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe?
A noted scholar of Christianity, Alec Ryrie, in his lecture "How to be an Atheist in Medieval Europe" points out unbelief was not a hypothetical situation in Middle Ages. Though it's worth ...
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Atheist Arguments
Atheists and sceptics have plenty arguments against the existence of Jesus, the divinity of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus and even arguments that the early Christians were not persecuted. There ...
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The Biblical God and the Kalam Cosmological Argument
That version of the Cosmological Argument simply points to the universe having a cause. The Christian response would be that the cause is God. Science confirms that the universe must have had a ...
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How do we know the unmoved mover for any given change must be singular and lack potential?
DISTINCTION OF ACT AND POTENCY.
This distinction arose from the Parmenides objection. Let me summarise the argument why the change is not possible and then I will resolve the argument.
Proposition (...
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What is the biblical basis for allowing atheists to speak openly and freely in society?
On basic human psychology
Censoring someone doesn't change their beliefs; it just prevents them from expressing those beliefs where they will be caught. However, censoring someone will absolutely ...
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What is a "non-theistic" Christian?
Nontheistic Christianity grew out of Existential Theology pioneered by Lutheran Theologian Paul Tillich and his concept of God as "the ground of all being". For Tillich, God could not be a ...
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HOW does the existence of the Universe make those who do not worship God to be "without excuse"?
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963 Irish literary scholar) challenged the opinion of people like H.G. Wells who, in "Outline of History" said that Jesus had made no claim to divinity. Lewis demolished ...
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell?
Romans 1:
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is ...
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Do Catholics view atheism as a sin?
Yes, atheism is very sinful because there is nothing more hateful of God than to believe He does not exist.
Unbelief is the greatest sin, as St. Thomas Aquinas writes in Summa Theologica II-II q. 10 a....
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Is there a scriptural support for "man are ‘half animal, half angel’"?
There is a verse in Genesis that gives room for such interpretation:
"When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were
born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters ...
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How does Catholic Church deal with priests who have since turned atheists?
If the priest who apostatized and became atheist is obstinate in his heresy, he is to be deposed/defrocked:
1917 can. 2314:
§1. All apostates from the Christian faith and all heretics and schismatics:...
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Guidelines for "becoming" a believer, according to the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical God is Love is a good start, it offers the once guiding principle that Christianity is an Encounter with a Person, Jesus Christ.
Being Christian is not the result of ...
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Guidelines for "becoming" a believer, according to the Catholic Church
St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa contra Gentiles ("Summary treatise against [the errors of] the pagans") was written precisely to convert those who do not accept the authority of the Christian Holy ...
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