Three key points to make when debating the existence of God. 1. Defining God First, in asking: Does God exist? It would be good to get some clarity about which God we are talking about. I shall assume we are talking about a God that is omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good: Prof William Lane Craig defines God as a 'maximally great being' - which he says requires that God be morally perfect. Prof Richard Swinburne similarly characterises God as 'a person who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good'. It suffices to establish atheism , then (given these guys' characterisations / definitions of theism ), that I show beyond reasonable doubt that there's no being that is omniscient, omnipotent and perfectly good.
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