RE: Necessary Thing
April 16, 2016 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2016 at 2:58 pm by Ignorant.)
(April 16, 2016 at 2:41 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: The arguments you appear to be laying down have been put to us innumerable (well, someone probably could, but I won't count them!) times, and they lead to one of the "god of the gaps" arguments. In this particular case, it's the one we see the most, the "first cause" argument, in which it is claimed (paraphrasing) "if everything needs to come into being, then there must be something that made it come into being, ergo Universal Creator God YHWH/Jehovah of the Hebrews of Bronze Age Canaan".
Can you show me where I put forth this argument? Any follow-up questions I ask are for clarification sake. I want to make sure I've understood people correctly.
I mean... are my questions/responses really that disturbing to you? I know full well that even if there WERE a necessary thing and we could verify its existence, that in itself doesn't mean god exists. Any rational person who seriously considers it must conclude that. How many times do I have to say that before I can explore this philosophical topic in this philosophy thread in my own way?
