Two Christian students and two atheist students squared off Tuesday night in a 90-minute high school debate about the existence, role and relevance of God.
Focusing on the philosophical implications of believing in Christianity vs. atheism, the students explained to an audience of about 125 why their beliefs made logical sense and attempted to poke holes in the other side's arguments.
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools seniors Andrew Sears and Hannah Schaller, both 18, represented the Christian side; Redlands High School senior Devin Leaman, 16, and UC Irvine senior Daniel Buehler, 24, presented the atheist side....
It has nothing at all to do with belief. Indeed it accepts the affirmations of theism. It has reference wholly to the mode of life. It is to live as though there was no God.
It takes the form often of complete indifference to the claims of the Divine Being or again of outbroken and defiant wickedness (Ps 14:1). That this form of atheism is widely prevalent is well known. It is accompanied in many cases with some form of unbelief or prejudice or false opinion of the church or Christianity....practical atheism is widespread in its influence and a dangerous element in our modern life (compare Isa 31:1; Jer 2:13,17,18; 18:13-15). Whatever the form, whether it be that of religious agnosticism, denying that we can know that God exists, or critical atheism, denying that the evidence to prove His existence is sufficient, or dogmatic, or practical atheism, it is always a system of negation and as such tears down and destroys....Since there is no God, there is no right nor wrong, and human action is neither good nor bad, but convenient or inconvenient....
Jason Lisle | 6/1/2005
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