I enjoy the challenge of engaging high-level defenses of atheism, but sometimes the low-hanging fruit just tastes too good to resist.

Today we are going to rebut some hilarious atheist memes because of just how bad they are.

So let's get started. Here's the first one.

How did Jesus find guys named Peter, John, James, Matthew, Andrew, Philip Thomas, and Simon in the Middle East.

And a comment under this meme says,

This is the one that gets me.

When was the last time you met Jews named Mary or Joseph? Jesus is Spanish. Mary's sister's name is Elizabeth, a name that came

into vogue in 1400s England, probably when half this stuff was written. First, there are lots of famous Jews named Joseph. The first

one I can think of is Joseph Gordon Levitt, the actor, who says he's 100% Ashkenazi

Jew. The name itself comes from the Hebrew

Joseph and Jesus not Jesus comes from the Hebrew name Joshua or Yeshwa. The simple explanation is that ancient names change over time when they're copied into other languages.

Which brings me to the second point.

Nobody tell these people about Alexander the Great or his father Philip the second,

who lived in the fourth century before Christ. I mean, isn't Alex from like the 1990s for a name?

Of course, his Greek name was Alexandros and his father was Philippos, from

which we get the Latinized versions of their names. This happens when you transfer a

name in one alphabet to a different alphabet or language.

So the English word John comes from the middle English Yon, which comes from the French

Jean, the medieval Latin Iuanes, the Greek Y yones and finally the Hebrew yahoehahan which means God is

gracious so there's nothing mysterious about modern names being used to pronounce more unfamiliar ancient names.

And here's a similar meme. Paul talks about going to Spain in Romans chapter 15.

Paul died around 70 a.

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