The Psychology of Atheism

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Tragically, atheists must do everything in their power to deny their guilt and accountability before God. Even if it means denying that their own existence has meaning. Today, R.C. Sproul uncovers the moral reasoning of unbelief.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Why do atheists reject God?
0:03.0	It's not because there's insufficient information.
0:05.0	It's not because that God's manifestation of himself has been obscure.
0:10.0	Your problem is not intellectual.
0:13.0	It's moral.
0:15.0	Your problem is not that you can't know God.
0:17.0	Your problem is that you don't want God.
0:20.0	... God. Your problem is that you don't want God.
0:30.0	If you've ever had a conversation with an atheist or an agnostic, you've probably heard this argument. God cannot exist because we cannot prove that he exists. There's simply
0:36.2	no evidence. Well, today on this Saturday
0:39.3	edition of Renewing Your Mind, R.C. Sprawl will explain that for those who refuse to believe in God,
0:45.5	it's not for a lack of information. It's something much deeper. Today's message is the final message
0:52.5	that you'll hear from this short series, adapted from
0:55.3	Dr. Sproul's 32-part overview of apologetics, defending your faith, which means today is the
1:01.9	final day that you can request lifetime digital access to the series and its study guide, along
1:08.3	with two field guides that will send you,
1:15.6	a field guide on false teaching and a field guide on gender and sexuality.
1:20.9	That's two physical resources and two digital resources when you give a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight.
1:24.8	But don't delay, as this offer won't be repeated next Saturday.
1:29.5	To conclude this Saturday series, here's Dr. Sprole on the psychology of atheism.
1:38.4	In our last session, we explored how the 19th century atheists in seeking to understand why mankind seems to be incurably religious,
1:51.2	that they came up with multiple theories that would say that religion is a result of the inventive,
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