Reason Prostituted

Saint Anselm made his contribution to the philosophical speculation of the concept of God with his ontological argument. He asked us to think in God as the Supreme Being: the most powerful and great being we could possibly imagine. We will have to reach a point when we have to think about this being as really existing, otherwise we weren’t thinking about the Supreme Being. And thus we reach the conclusion that the Supreme Being really exists. In other words: the existence of the Supreme Being is necessary by definition: she cannot not exist. If the existence of the Supreme Being is necessary, and we admit the possibility of her existence, we should also admit that she really exists. The ontological argument also teaches us something about the nature of God. The Supreme Being, in order to be really supreme, must have maxi-properties. She should be omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent, infinite and perfect. Here enters the demolition atheist project, that pursuits to estab...

There is no basis in reason for atheists beliefs. Atheist critique of religion is based more in anti-religious passion than in serene reflection. Atheism as an intimate belief in the non existence of God is respectable, but most of the atheists that express pride of calling themselves with that term don’t stay there, but proceed to a systematic effort of defamation of religion worthy of better cause. More important than our metaphysical beliefs is to relate to each other and develop together as human beings. We can find fanaticism in all kind of religious and philosophical positions, even on the atheist side. This is what urges to fight to. I make a critique of atheism because I feel that so many energies are directed in the wrong direction. Given the irrational denunciations of atheists, it is necessary to find a balance. Most critiques directed to atheism begin with religious and confessional positions that atheists reject immediately. My critique of atheism is not of that kind, but...