(May 5, 2016 at 3:51 pm)SteveII Wrote:(May 5, 2016 at 3:11 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: What a crock. The old, there are arguments, I just don't have them with me dodge. This is nothing more than a strategic retreat, followed by hollow assertions.
I'm sorry that's all you got from that. I will engage on any topic you want.
It was a truly underwhelming response. You're convinced more by revelation and familiarity than boots on the ground logic and it shows with this handwave to "established theology." Why don't you try engaging my argument that God makes a lousy explanation for anything? The only reason God doesn't seem ludicrous to you is your comfort with the concept, and as noted, that's a poor resort. I'm sure you would find the beliefs of other religions, such as the African natives who believed that there were witches with an extra organ which could travel abroad spreading malevolence, themselves ludicrous. The only bulwark against the absurdity of the concept of an infinitly everything superhero god is the familiarity. As a former Hindu, I know all too well the way familiarity can blind one to strangeness. If you had never before heard of the concept of God and I explained it to you, you'd likely find it strange. Can you name one thing other than God that has such fantastic qualities and properties?
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http://atheistforums.org/thread-42435-po...pid1267175