(October 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
They are neutral; agreed. But, as Professor Sean Carroll said repeatedly in his debate with WLC, theism is 1) not well defined, 2) given to multiple definitions, and 3) leads to no strong predictions. Theism is compatible with everything! As with the idea that planets move because there are angles pushing them in a way that conforms to mindless natural forces, so, too, Occam's Razor demands that we reject theism, deism, pantheism, etc., and only accept naturalism, as there is simply no need to postulate anything beyond the natural order.
Here I was under the impression that Occam's Razor was saying not to postulate beyond what is necessary. Given that Occam was a theist, I think that you are misunderstanding what he was saying.
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