18 reasons why I remain unconvinced
August Berkshire of Minnesota Atheists has written a very useful list of “18 Unconvincing Arguments for God,” reprinted in full by Friendly Atheist. It’s not perfect, but it’s a nice common-language refutation of the spurious rhetoric used by religionists.
Berkshire’s comment in section 16 (Difficulties of Religion) that “if just anybody could be ‘saved,’ there would be no point in having a religion” is not accurate. The Universalists, believers in universal salvation, have been part of American religious life for more than two hundred years. They joined with the Unitarians in 1961 to form the Unitarian Universalist Association, and today represent over one thousand congregations in North America.