The Existential Disproof of God. Existentialist philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre, argued: 1. If God exists, then all is determined. 2. But if all is determined, then I am not free. 3. But I am free. 4. Therefore, God does not exist. My freedom is undeniable. For even the attempt to deny it, affirms it. But if freedom is undeniable, then God cannot exist. For an omniscient being (God) who exists knows everything that will come to pass. Thus, everything is determined, for if it did not come to pass as he knew it would, then God would have been wrong. But an omniscient being cannot be wrong. Therefore, if God exists, everything is determined. But all is not determined, because I am free. Hence, there is no God. Theists challenge the second premise. There is no contradiction between determination and free choice. God can determine things in accordance with our free choice. They can be determined with respect to his (fore)knowledge and yet free with regard to our choice (see DETERMINISM). Just as every event in a video replay of a game is determined, yet it was free (see FREE WILL) when the game was played, every event in the world can be determined from God’s perspective, yet free from ours. Geisler, N. L. (1999). In Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
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