You know, I think if I were ever to begin to doubt my faith in God, all it would take is reading this crap from the Debunkers to solidify my faith.

In that article, Zac Taylor makes many offensive comments (click at your own risk, if you’re not fond of profanities). But basically, his “argument” (that’s being generous) amounts to this:

1) People who were killed in the storm in Florida didn’t deserve it.
2) Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

Yeah, I don’t follow the logic either. But let’s ignore the offensive aspects of his post for a minute and really examine his argument. First, let’s look at it from his perspective.

From the atheist’s viewpoint, these people did deserve to die. Why? Because storms are a fact of life that people knew about, yet they chose to live in a location where there could be storms. They decided to seek refuge in a church when they did not have to do so. Yes, they most certainly DID deserve what they got in atheism.

The only way to say these people didn’t deserve it (from an atheistic perspective) is to make it as mechanicalistic as saying, “An apple doesn’t deserve to fall simply because I drop it.” But gravity, of course, requires that it do so. Storms are facts of life in the world, regardless of what people do. These people “didn’t deserve” this storm only in the sense that the trees that blew over didn’t deserve it either.

Now look at the Christian view, which includes the concept of sin. Zac knows all about this–he even mocked it at the end of his screed:

I’m sure there’s a myriad of philosophical arguments and discussions about how God has the right to allow this kind of stuff, and how man is sinful and deserves it, blah, blah, blah. I’m not so sure. In fact, I don’t buy it at all. If God is there, he’s sick and twisted.

But that doesn’t change the fact that due to sin, these people did not deserve life. They did deserve death; and God can deal out His justice whenever He sees fit.

So, look at Zac’s original argument once more:

1) People who were killed in the storm in Florida didn’t deserve it.
2) Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

Neither atheists nor Christians believe in the validity of 1). Zac’s “argument” is a non-argument. It’s emotional blustering masquerading as thought. In that regard, his point of view amounts to the equivalent of the big celesitial “pile” Zac says God dumped on the church.