(November 5, 2016 at 2:20 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:(November 5, 2016 at 5:46 am)Soldat Du Christ Wrote: Why couldn't there be a trancedent source that has the ability of intervening with our universe? Trying to say it's impossible because we've never empericaly tested an event of this kind (I'm confident we have at least observed) is an argument from silence.
I don't think that is what I've said at all. If there was a (whatever you want to call it) source that intervened with the universe, it would be natural even if it doesn't follow the laws as we know them now. Also, if a thing has an effect within the universe, that effect would be testable. For example (assuming that the Christian God exists), if prayer was effective then you would be able to see a statistically significant variance between Christians and non-Christians.
The fact that naturalism cannot justify itself, demands its existence. When all other possabilities have been rendered impossible, what remains is the answer.