If There's a God, Why Are There Atheists?

by R. C. Sproul

  • Year 1974
  • Type Book
  • Genre apologetics
  • Tradition Reformed
  • Original language English

For For readers who want to know why people reject God and how the charge that faith is wishful thinking can be turned around; not for those wanting a survey of the arguments for God.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5 moderate

Turns the charge that faith is wishful thinking back on unbelief and examines its motives.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 4 of 5
  • Scriptural 3 of 5
  • Experiential 1 of 5
  • Sociological 2 of 5
  • Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Published by Bethany Fellowship in 1974 and reissued several times, most recently in a revised edition as If There's a God, Why Are There Atheists?: Why Atheists Believe in Unbelief (Christian Focus, 2018). Answering the claim that religious belief is driven by psychological need, Sproul examines the psychological motives behind unbelief, engaging thinkers such as Freud.

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