RE: Exposing the Intellectual Bankruptcy of Atheists Criticizing Religion
November 24, 2015 at 2:41 am
I'm not 100% certain I'm getting everything I'm supposed to out of that "5 ways" thing (this is the first time I've seen it laid out), but the assertion appears to ultimately be this:
The laws of nature are consistent, therefore they must have been invented to a purpose and are actively maintained by an agent, lest they change, and that agent is Gaud.
I've actually been dealing with a similar argument in a different thread, and my response is pretty much the same: ummm...what? Why?
By what logical imperative does the consistency of the Universe require constant attention? I was recently told that I "couldn't account for" Universal norms without accepting the presence of something to maintain them, but was then given no satisfactory answer as to why the laws of physics should need persistent minding or why we would expect them to change in the absence of someone to change them. The conclusion here doesn't seem to follow the assertion at all.
The laws of nature are consistent, therefore they must have been invented to a purpose and are actively maintained by an agent, lest they change, and that agent is Gaud.
I've actually been dealing with a similar argument in a different thread, and my response is pretty much the same: ummm...what? Why?
By what logical imperative does the consistency of the Universe require constant attention? I was recently told that I "couldn't account for" Universal norms without accepting the presence of something to maintain them, but was then given no satisfactory answer as to why the laws of physics should need persistent minding or why we would expect them to change in the absence of someone to change them. The conclusion here doesn't seem to follow the assertion at all.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
