The existence of god

Having only been an atheist for a few months my level of experience refuting religious arguments is relatively low. However, I have been reading, watching, listening to, and thinking about many of these arguments and I want to take a whack at them.

Arguments or excuses made to defend religious beliefs are often called Apologetics. What I will be doing is countering these arguments and that is referred to as Counter-Apologetics.

I am calling this series of posts "Defense against the dark arts"... I can't take credit for that name but I don't know where I picked it up.

Here is a list of the some formal arguments I have come across so far

~~The Cosmological Argument~~

The Teleological Argument

~~The Moral Argument~~

The Ontological Argument

The Transcendental Argument

There are also a few less formal arguments I have seen

~~Pascal's Wager~~
Argument from Scripture
~~Personal Experience~~
Argument from Faith
"Would someone die for a lie?" Argument
Lunatic, Liar, or Lord Argument
Argument from Miracles
The Banana Argument

I have also come across many logical fallacies put forth as arguments

Argument from Ignorance
Popularity Argument
False Dichotomy
False Cause
Slippery Slope
Straw-man
Appeal to Emotion
Ad Hominem
Shifting of the Burden of Proof
Appeal to Authority
Begging the Question
No True Scotsman
Composition / Division
Appeal to Nature
Coercion
Loaded Question
Special Pleading

These have all been addressed by people before me and are easily available online. I will try to take these on in my own words as a learning experience for myself and maybe others.

Here is a list of resources on these topics

Get to know your logical fallacies at

yourlogicalfallacyis.com

Read up on Counter-Apologetics at

ironchariots.org

The Thinking Atheist has a few good videos that go over some of the creationist arguments pretty well

Give them a Look-See!