RE: Can something come from nothing
February 3, 2017 at 2:33 am
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2017 at 2:34 am by surreptitious57.)
Materialism cannot be an incoherent position ontologically speaking because there is precisely zero evidence that the universe is anything but physical. And until evidence can be found to
suggest otherwise it remains the default position. Theists some times object to this by claiming there are different types of evidence. But this is totally false and a complete bastardisation
of the word. Evidence has one meaning only namely something which has property and dimension and can be observed or examined to determine its capabilities. It does not mean some
thing you believe in so much that you think it has to be true. This is an argument from emotion. Neither does it mean something that must be true because so many believe it to be. This
is an argument from popularity. And so less what you think of as evidence can actually be subject to the rigour of the scientific method it is not evidence at all but something else entirely
suggest otherwise it remains the default position. Theists some times object to this by claiming there are different types of evidence. But this is totally false and a complete bastardisation
of the word. Evidence has one meaning only namely something which has property and dimension and can be observed or examined to determine its capabilities. It does not mean some
thing you believe in so much that you think it has to be true. This is an argument from emotion. Neither does it mean something that must be true because so many believe it to be. This
is an argument from popularity. And so less what you think of as evidence can actually be subject to the rigour of the scientific method it is not evidence at all but something else entirely
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN
