List of arguments against the existence of a god

The following is a list of arguments against the existence of a god, as apposed to for the existence of a god.

• Empirical arguments
  • Argument from historical induction - Over time, gods tend to be proven false.
    • Morality never advances? - Every other field of study has improved drastically, but, not morality?
    • God at the end of the rainbow - Evidence for gods is always just out of reach.
    • Man from the earth - God stories are just rehashing older tropes.
    • Russell's teapot - Lack of belief is more rational.
  • Argument from inconsistent revelations - An outsider wouldn't be able to logically pick the correct religion.
    • The problem of instruction - Gods should be able to convey their instructions, but nobody can agree on them.
    • Inconsistent morals - The morality in scripture should be perfect, but it is usually barbaric.
  • Argument from lack of evidence - Evidence in favor of a god should be overwhelming.
    • Failed prophecies - Most prophecies fail.
    • Historical inaccuracies - Most scripture is filled with historical inaccuracies.
    • God beliefs fail the Sagan standard - Despite the extraordinary claims, there is not extraordinary evidence.
  • Argument from nonbelief - Gods would want people to believe, so nonbelievers should be extremely rare, but they're very common.
  • Argument from parsimony - It's more rational to assume the supernatural is just unexplained natural (AKA Occam's razor).
  • Arguments from the poor design of the universe - The universe is poorly designed to for conscious beings to thrive.
  • God beliefs fail Popper's falsifiability principle - God beliefs usually aren't falsifiable.
  • Accumulation of religious mistakes
• Logical arguments
  • Argument from incompatible divine properties - If gods are logically contradictory, they cannot exist.
    • Anthropic argument - A perfect god could not create anything imperfect, like people.
    • Argument from free will - If gods are omniscient, freewill can't exist.
    • Omnipotent paradox - Can a god create a rock so heavy he can't lift it?
    • The problem of creation - A perfect god would have no reason to create anything since it can't be improved upon.
    • The problem of evil - A god should want to eliminate evil, and be powerful enough to do so, yet evil exists.
    • The problem of hell - An omniscient and omnibenevolent god wouldn't create a universe where hell could exist.
    • The problem of natural disasters - Free will isn't affected by natural disasters, so they shouldn't exist.
    • The problem of unnecessary suffering - Obscene levels of suffering exist, but a good god should prevent them.
  • Argument from infinite regress - Gods are often invoked to stop an infinite regress (first cause style arguments), but this is just special pleading.
  • Injustice of hell - Infinite suffering is not fair punishment for finite evil.
  • Contradictions in scripture - Perfect gods can't make contradictions, but their so-called scriptures are full of them.
  • Theological noncognitivism - Terms like god, freewill, soul, etc. have no meaningful definition, so they can't serve as a basis for any argument.

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