How do Atheists Steal From God?

Crimes against God?

What if your best reasons to doubt God show that He actually exists?  What if atheists, properly understood, are actually unwitting apologists for the God they reject?  That’s the case I make in the book and new online course called Stealing from God:  Why atheists need God to make their case. 

Stealing from God is organized around CRIMES, which highlights the intellectual CRIMES atheists are making.  “CRIMES” stands for Causality, Reason, Information, Morality, Evil and Science.  Those are aspects of reality that some atheists say disprove God, when, in fact, those things wouldn’t exist unless God existed.

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Let's Get Started

  • 02

    Lesson 1|Introduction: Is It a Wonderful LIfe? "CRIMES"

  • 03

    Lesson 2| Causality: No One Created Something Out of Nothing?

    • Lesson 2| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 2| Power Point pdfs

    • Lesson 2| Video 1: Review

    • Lesson 2| Video 2: Two Options for the Universe’s Origin

    • Lesson 2| Video 3: Can Nothing Cause Something?

    • Lesson 2| Video 4: Why Natural Laws?

    • Lesson 2| Video 5: What Depends on the Law of Causality

    • Lesson 2| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 2| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 3 | Reason: Bad Religion or Bad Reason?

    • Lesson 3| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 3 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 3| Video 1: What is Faith?

    • Lesson 3| Video 2: Requirements for Reason

    • Lesson 3| Video 3: Foundational Laws of Logic

    • Lesson 3| Video 4: How Atheists Exempt Themselves

    • Lesson 3| Video 5: Is the Mind the Brain?

    • Lesson 3| Video 6: Unavoidable Implications of Materialism

    • Lesson 3| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 3| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 4 | Information: In Him All Things Hold Together

    • Lesson 4| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 4 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 4 | Video 1: Review

    • Lesson 4 | Video 2: The Source of Information in the Cell

    • Lesson 4| Video 3: DNA Messages Point to a MInd

    • Lesson 4| Video 4: Can Natural Laws Produce Messages?

    • Lesson 4| Video 5: Faulty Design Proves No Designer?

    • Lesson 4| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 4| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 5| Intentionality: In HIm All Things Hold Together (continued)

    • Lesson 5| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 5 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 5| Video 1: Review

    • Lesson 5| Video 2: What Aristotle Got Right-Final Causality:

    • Lesson 5| Video 3: Final Causality in the Embryo

    • Lesson 5| Video 4: Final Causality in the Bacterial Flagellum and in DNA

    • Lesson 5| Video 5: The Inescapable Conclusion About Final Causality

    • Lesson 5| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 5| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 6 | Morality: Stealing Rights from God

    • Lesson 6| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 6 PowerPoint pdfs Part 1

    • Lesson 6 PowerPoint pdfs Part 2

    • Lesson 6 PowerPoint pdfs Part 3

    • Lesson 6| Video 1: Can Atheists Be Good Without God?

    • Lesson 6| Video 2: The Euthyphro Non-dilemma

    • Lesson 6| Video 3: What KInd of God is Declared in the Declaration of Independence?

    • Lesson 6| Video 4: What's a Human Worth?

    • Lesson 6| Video 5: Is Science the Source of Morality?

    • Lesson 6| Video 6: The Consequence of Materialism

    • Lesson 6| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 6| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 7 | Evil: Does Evil Disprove Atheism?

    • Lesson 7| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 7 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 7| Video 1: Good Questions About Evil

    • Lesson 7| Video 2: If Evil, then Good. If Good, then God.

    • Lesson 7| Video 3: Evil Is Not a Thing

    • Lesson 7| Video 4: God's Megaphone

    • Lesson 7| Video 5: The Ripple Effect

    • Lesson 7| Video 6: Does a Good God Send People to Hell?

    • Lesson 7| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 7| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 8 | Science: Science Doesn't Say Anything, Scientists Do

    • Lesson 8| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 8 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 8| Video 1: Two Types of Science

    • Lesson 8| Video 2: God as Creator, Sustainer and Intervener

    • Lesson 8| Video 3: Is Science Our Only Source of Truth?

    • Lesson 8| Video 4: Why Do Atheists Get Origins Wrong?

    • Lesson 8| Video 5: The Real Science Stoppers

    • Lesson 8| Video 6: How Do You Know What You Know?

    • Lesson 8| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 8| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 9| The Four-Point Case For Mere Christianity

    • Lesson 9| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 9 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 9| Video 1: The Four Big Questions We Must Answer

    • Lesson 9| Video 2: Why Four Gospels?

    • Lesson 9| Video 3: Making Sense of New Testament Puzzle Pieces

    • Lesson 9| Video 4: Internal Elaborate Testimony Completes the Puzzle

    • Lesson 9| Video 5: A Cold-Case Detective Explains the Earmarks of True Eyewitness Testimony

    • Lesson 9| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 9| Toolbox Resources
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    Lesson 10 | Lesson 10: Elaborate and Extrabiblical Testimony (continued) and Conclusion: God Will Not Force You into Heaven Against Your Will

    • Lesson 10| Study Guide Questions

    • Lesson 10 PowerPoint pdfs

    • Lesson 10| Video 1: What Is External Elaborate Testimony?

    • Lesson 10| Videos 2: Ancient Writers Corroborate New Testament Writers

    • Lesson 10| Video 3: More Examples of External Elaborate Testimony

    • Lesson 10| Video 4: Old Testament Elaborate Testimony

    • Lesson 10| Video 5: Evidence Shows the New Testament Is Actual History

    • Lesson 10| Study Guide Answer Key

    • Lesson 10| Toolbox Resources
  • 12

    Course Evaluation Survey

    • Course Evaluation: Stealing From God Self-Paced Course

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erica harris

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“VERY ENLIGHTENING, VERY INFORMATIVE AND OUT OF THIS WORLD INFORMATION, THE BIBLE, GOD THE FATHER, HOLY SPIRIT AND LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GLORIFIED!!”

“VERY ENLIGHTENING, VERY INFORMATIVE AND OUT OF THIS WORLD INFORMATION, THE BIBLE, GOD THE FATHER, HOLY SPIRIT AND LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GLORIFIED!!”

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Samuel Anantharaj

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“The questions that puzzle us and the illogical questions that people throw at us have been excellently handled by Frank Turek ! The Videos are short and crisp. The platform has divided the course material into pieces of chewable chunks ! The S...”

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“The questions that puzzle us and the illogical questions that people throw at us have been excellently handled by Frank Turek ! The Videos are short and crisp. The platform has divided the course material into pieces of chewable chunks ! The Study guide is an excellent tool that rechecks understanding and reinforces learning ! The recommended resources sections list carefully selected content for extra learning ! So, pleased with the quality of the material ! You ave proved to be true disciples of 'The Carpenter of Nazareth' as Dorothy Sayers portrayed, “No crooked table legs or ill-fitting drawers ever, I dare swear, came out of the carpenter’s shop at Nazareth.””

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Evan Robb

5 star rating

“Truth is on our side. Atheism takes from our side to argue against our side. As an aspiring lay apologist, I look forward to digesting the material from this course. Reality time and time again points right back to God. I don't often consider ...”

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“Truth is on our side. Atheism takes from our side to argue against our side. As an aspiring lay apologist, I look forward to digesting the material from this course. Reality time and time again points right back to God. I don't often consider the immaterial realities and their grounding in theism yet which atheistic materialists are using to argue against the faith. The Christian has so many avenues to factually satisfy intellectual and emotional concerns. I am strengthened as a Christian and prepared to help remove obstacles people may have.”

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Nikhil John

5 star rating

“Answers a lot of pressing questions. Puts you back on track. ”

“Answers a lot of pressing questions. Puts you back on track. ”

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Johnny Faulkenberry

5 star rating

“I enjoyed the teaching very much. By understanding how amazing God's creations are and how much He loves us, it helps me feel better about myself. I am thankful to be part of His love and plan even when I don't feel worthy. This stuff is fascina...”

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“I enjoyed the teaching very much. By understanding how amazing God's creations are and how much He loves us, it helps me feel better about myself. I am thankful to be part of His love and plan even when I don't feel worthy. This stuff is fascinating. It helps bring scripture to life. Good job, johnny”

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Anthony Williams

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“This is a great course, and has given me surprising new insight as to how to deal with the common arguments brought by atheists, skeptics and seekers. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about good arguments for God's existence, but I now realize...”

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“This is a great course, and has given me surprising new insight as to how to deal with the common arguments brought by atheists, skeptics and seekers. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about good arguments for God's existence, but I now realize I was very heavy on science and light on philosophy and reason. I highly recommend this course to any Christian, or even any skeptic that dares to ask the question, what if? I believe God used apologetics to give me the head knowledge of the truth of God and the identity of Jesus that led to my salvation and a truly changed life. I am so thankful for training programs like this that are so needed to effectively share the gospel in today's post Christian, post truth world. I will definitely take more of these courses. Thank you for this great resource! Tony Williams ”

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Chris Parks

4 star rating

“Nice start! Too much talk about the book though, the teaching sales itself, it will make students of the apologetics want to purchase the book, I purchased the course because I like the instruction Frank and support Christian apologetics. ”

“Nice start! Too much talk about the book though, the teaching sales itself, it will make students of the apologetics want to purchase the book, I purchased the course because I like the instruction Frank and support Christian apologetics. ”

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