Materialistlar, naturalistlar va ateistlar o'zlarining juda tor va cheklangan tushunchalariga sig'maydigan narsalarning mavjudligini inkor etishda uzoq tarixga ega. Ular inkor etadigan narsalar ro'yxatida Xudo doimo birinchi o'rinda turadi.

Materialists, naturalists, and atheists have a long history of denying the existence of things that do not fit into their very narrow, limited conception of existence. God is always number one on their list of targets for denial.

Lekin jamoatchilik bilmaydigan va ateistlar keng e'lon qilmaydigan narsa shundaki, ularning naturalistik, materialistik falsafasi Xudoni inkor etishdan ancha ko'proqni talab qiladi. Ular umumiy jamoatchilik buni anglashini istamaydilar, chunki shunda odamlar uyg'onib, bu falsafalar ularni qanday kulgili dunyo tasviriga majbur qilayotganini ko'radilar.

But what the public does not realize and atheists do not publicize is that their naturalistic, materialistic philosophy requires the denial of much more than God. They do not want the public at large to be aware of this because then, the people will wake up and see what a silly picture of the world these philosophies commit one to.

Masalan, yangi ateistlar talab qiladigan qat'iy ilmiy empirizm — ya'ni faqat ilm orqali kuzatilishi yoki aniqlanishi mumkin bo'lgan narsalargina mavjud, degan g'oya — aql va, albatta, boshqalarning ongini inkor etishni ham talab qiladi. Fan ongni aniqlagan emas. Miyadagi elektr signallarinigina aniqlash mumkin, lekin bu ong bilan bir narsa emas.

For example, the strict scientific empiricism required by new atheists — the idea that the only things that exist are those observable/detectable by science — also requires denying the existence of the mind and certainly the minds of others. Science has not detected the mind. Only electrical signals in the brain can be detected, but that is not the same thing as the mind.

Siz boshqa birovning ongini ko'rganmisiz? Uning ichki fikrlarini boshdan kechirganmisiz? Uning his-tuyg'ularini his qilganmisiz? Yo'q. Biz faqat tashqi xulq-atvorni ko'ra olamiz. Boshqalarning ichki ongi bizning idrok qobiliyatimiz uchun yetib bo'lmaydigan narsadir. Demak, bu boshqalarda bizniki kabi ong borligini inkor etamiz degani mi? Agar atеistlar qo'llaydigan ilmiy empirizm mezonlarini izchil qo'llasak, bu muqarrar xulosa bo'lardi.

Have you ever seen someone else’s mind? Have you experienced their inner thoughts? Have you felt their emotions? No. All we can see is external behavior. The internal mind of others is inaccessible to our perceptual faculties. So does that mean that we disbelieve that others possess consciousness like our own? If we consistently apply the standards of scientific empiricism used by atheists, that would be the inescapable conclusion.

Buni qilish aqlga sig'maydigan ish. Shu sababli biz ilmiy empirizmni va unga tayanadigan sodda fikrli ateizmni rad etamiz.

Doing so is preposterous. Which is why we reject scientific empiricism and the simple-minded atheism that relies on it.