RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
November 29, 2016 at 6:22 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2016 at 6:27 am by Alex K.)
(November 29, 2016 at 6:17 am)Stimbo Wrote:(November 28, 2016 at 10:03 pm)Catholic_Lady
Simon Moon Wrote: First of all, simply stating that god' has always existed, adds nothing. [b Wrote:It has no explanatory power, and creates more questions than it answers.[/b]
What sort of realm did your god exist in before he created the universe?
If existence did not exist, what was your god acting on when he created the universe? Causation requires time and space. What time and space existed for your god to cause something to exist?
What sort of leap am I taking by positing that existence always existed?
Sorry, but your tu quoque fallacy is unconvincing. Neither is your argumentum ad ignorantiam.
My bold.
Of course. But so does saying that anything in nature has somehow always existed.
Except we know the Universe exists.
That's a very important point because it renders God an unnecessary additional assumption on that level of the discussion.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
