Quote:Lets. Since it is also a known fact that the universe largely - and I use the term conservatively - does not support life - the more accurate statement would be "existence of god is not the best explanation for why we find ourselves alive in a universe that only barely and minimally allows for our existence".
Good your stating what appears to be a fact and arguing from it. First we really don't know how much life there is or might be. We do now know that solar systems and planets aren't rare. So far most of the solar systems we have been able to detect appear a lot different than ours.
Quote:And that's the problem - instead of widening your horizons and coming up with words to indicate concepts indescribable by current vocabulary - you choose existing words with specific connotations to undercut the concept itself.
Take it up with the person I was responding to.
I don't have faith in God, I believe God exists due to evidence in favor of that belief as well as lack of evidence of some other mechanism that can account for our existence.
Quote:You ignore all the evidence against that, you ignore all the logical contradictions resulting from the existence of such an entity and you ignore the fact that your so-called evidence is sketchy and non-indicative at best. Sounds like textbook case of faith to me.
Is that surprising? You are an atheist right? But lets make our respective cases and let those people not committed either way decide. I already know your pov.