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Scientism & Philosophical Arguments
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RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments
(December 14, 2015 at 3:18 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote:
(December 14, 2015 at 2:54 pm)Kingpin Wrote: I never understood the whole God of the Gaps thing.  I've never argued that God answers the gaps of knowledge we don't understand.  God is the creator/author of the parts we don't understand as well as the parts we do understand, ie he's the God of the whole show.  Only way I've ever looked at it.

god of the gaps is basically what the justification for god is.

Ask yourself this, is the existence of God justified or necessary among anything the human knowledge can explain today?

God only exists as an explanation for the unknown

So very very wrong. God is the reason why we can trust the knowledge we have already gained.
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Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by SteveII - December 14, 2015 at 9:52 am
RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 9:57 am
RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by SteveII - December 14, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 3:37 pm
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RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by Faith No More - December 14, 2015 at 10:12 am
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RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by Aoi Magi - December 14, 2015 at 11:50 am
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RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by Kingpin - December 14, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments - by Faith No More - December 14, 2015 at 12:48 pm
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