RE: How to debunk the first cause argument without trying too hard
September 10, 2015 at 7:02 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 7:09 am by robvalue.)
Einstein observed that the universe appears to follow the abstract rule of e = mc^2. He didn't find it lying about under his bed. It doesn't literally exist. We are able to hold the concept of it in our brains, and our brains exist. Unless you have some evidence of rules existing independently, then we're all sorted. A rule applying is not the same as existing, unless you're using a very weird definition for existence. If you want to say God "applies" to the universe, and so God is the laws of nature, then be my guest.
You're right, we don't know everything about the brain. But that isn't license to make things up, just claim thoughts somehow manifest as real things that exist but are immaterial, then use that in a bizarre analogy to show God exists in the same way.
If everything in our brains literally existed when we thought about it, we'd all be living in a weird porn/samurai movie world.
You're right, we don't know everything about the brain. But that isn't license to make things up, just claim thoughts somehow manifest as real things that exist but are immaterial, then use that in a bizarre analogy to show God exists in the same way.
If everything in our brains literally existed when we thought about it, we'd all be living in a weird porn/samurai movie world.
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