"Objeciones por la gente"

Question

I was reading a text and there was a sentence like this one:

"Objeciones por las que parece que Dios no existe."

I haven't been able to decide if this sentence means,

"Objections to those who think that God doesn't exist."

or

"Objections by those who think that God doesn't exist."

Thanks..

Answer 1

Neither of those two. It means something like this: "Objections by which it seems that God doesn't exist".

I kept reading and it gives 2 idea which prove that god doesn't exist. Then here "objeción" does not mean the situation of being opposed to something? - culé, Oct 13, 2010

On the contrary, it clearly refers to being opposed to something: in this case, the existance of God. By presenting ideas or reasonings against its existance, you are objecting to God's existance - bill1111, Oct 13, 2010

yes, I get it now. Thanks a lot..! - culé, Oct 13, 2010

Answer 2

Objeciones por las que parece que Dios no existe.

In the whole, the problem here is not the preposition. It seems to me that it´s not good writing.

You can say:

Objeciones a la existencia de Dios

Objeciones según las cuales Dios no existe.

Argumentos que cuestionan la existencia de Dios

Objeciones que niegan la existencia de Dios.

And a few more similar versions.

In that way you avoid ambiguity (Unless, of course, that was in fact the writer´s intention )

Yes, it was the intention of the writer I guess, It's a text of Santo Tomas de Aquino, "¿Existe o ni existe Dios?" - culé, Oct 17, 2010

Entonces fue el traductor, porque Tomas escribia fenomenalmente! :-) - mediterrunio, Oct 17, 2010

sí es cierto! :D - culé, Oct 17, 2010

Answer 3

This is always a problem for the English. Por versus para. Why don´t they just get rid of both and use "pora". As this is never going to happen, hehe, I am going to guess along the lines of reason so it should be "for those".

I think , here I'm confused about a different thing not por and para. but it may be "por" for by and for.. hehe thanks. yes, If you are chatting on the internet that could be useful. hehe :D - culé, Oct 13, 2010

Answer 4

I thought the translation meant "It would seem that God does not exist", and I was just trying to ally to one of the reasons for using "por".

Yes, "por" has different meanings depending on the context. In this case, according to the RAE dictionary: "Denota causa". - bill1111, Oct 13, 2010