Why No One Should Be a Strong Atheist

Atheists do not believe in God and theists believe in God. However, both atheists and theists can vary in their confidence about their beliefs. In this video, we take a look at the strong atheist (also known as gnostic atheist) position, a view that is 100% confident there is no God. Christianity Engaged founder, David Erhart, makes the point that unless strong atheists have exhaustively searched for God everywhere or somehow proven God doesn’t exist—which they haven’t—being 100% confident is unreasonable. The video compares all of the knowledge in the universe—anything and everything that is available to know—with any one person’s knowledge. Scientists estimate that 96% of the universe is composed of dark energy and dark matter. This means that everything we can see here on earth extending to the furthest galaxy in space only makes up about 4% of what is really there. Since scientists have limited knowledge about the 4% of visible matter and even less understanding about the 96% of dark matter and energy, any one person’s knowledge is a fraction of a fraction of everything that is available to know. Thus, without proof of God’s nonexistence, a strong atheist’s 100% confidence level is unreasonable. The video concludes with a personal testimony from a Christian perspective and answers the question “how can a theist be 100% confident there is a God?” SOURCES: All sources for this video are available online at https://www.christianityengaged.org/videos/why-no-one-should-be-a-strong-atheist. FREE TO VIEW AND SHARE: All Christianity Engaged content is free for you to view and share. You are permitted to embed, download, duplicate, and distribute our content for any non-profit purposes. You do not need a license to play our content at your event or gathering. All we ask is that you do not edit the content in any way and credit Christianity Engaged. For more information on our terms of use, please visit https://www.christianityengaged.org/terms-of-use. SOCIAL MEDIA: If you enjoyed this video, please leave a comment, like, subscribe and share it with your family and friends. You can also follow us on social media for more great content from Christianity Engaged! https://www.facebook.com/ChristianityEngaged/ https://www.instagram.com/christianity.engaged/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/christianity-engaged/ https://twitter.com/CEvideos GIVING: Christianity Engaged is supported by viewers like you. You can help us accomplish our mission by making a tax-deductible donation at https://www.christianityengaged.org/donate or via PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianityEngaged. COMMENTS: We encourage comments from everyone. However, comments that are disrespectful, contain profanity or are completely off-topic may be deleted. CONTACT: We would love to hear from you. You can send us an email via our website at https://www.christianityengaged.org/contact. #WhyNoOneShouldBeAStrongAtheist