(December 21, 2016 at 4:27 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I have a fever.
I’m vomiting.
And I have a sore throat.
That’s the evidence. Of what is it evidence? I apply inductive reasoning to what is evident and conclude that most likely I have the flu. Similarly, the theologian sees some very general observations about the world and by applying reason reaches the conclusion that something remarkably similar to what one would expect of a Supreme Being exists. These are as follows:
That's insufficient evidence for flu.
Your throat could be sore because of the vomiting.
Certain poisons could elicit those symptoms.
The fever and sore throat, vomiting and sore throat may be unrelated to each other.
It may share symptoms with flu but is does not mean it is flu.
In fact a lot of things people think are flu aren't actually flu, bad colds for instance, are often mistaken for flu.
Normally it doesn't matter because you get better after a few days anyway.
The point is that just because you think something looks like it fits with your idea of what it is, doesn't mean that it IS what you think it is, even if you think you have seen evidence that satisfies you.
It others remain unsatisfied it is down to the quality of your evidence not our incomprehension or stubbornness.
If there was good evidence for a god I'd have to hold my hand up and admit I was wrong. But there isn't so I wont.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
