(April 2, 2016 at 9:01 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(April 2, 2016 at 8:43 am)athrock Wrote: Agreed. This discussion assumes that point for the sake of argument.
However, if God does exist, then I think it is reasonable to say that justification for the exemption exists; consequently, there is no special pleading.
If God does not exist, then we should have a very different discussion!
Well until you have proven God and his attributes, special pleading still applies. Because until you have proof, you are asserting that there is something that doesn't have to play by the same rules as everything else.
Ah...the ultimate "Get Out of Jail Free" card for atheists.
Prove God exists first, and then we'll talk.
(As if we can't have an intelligent conversation about God even if He doesn't.)
But whether I can prove God exists or not is irrelevant because the attributes of God which we are considering can be evaluated either way. IOW, we don't need an ACTUAL God in order to discuss the omnipotence or omniscience of a theoretical god, do we?
