(March 10, 2017 at 4:00 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: See that's what I'm talking about. Y'all have either no alternative explanations (duh...i donno) or appeal to brute facts ('cause it does dats why.)
Yes.
Unfortunately for you, this doesn't actually constitute a point in favor of theism, because you can't actually do any better. As I have already said, "because wizards" does not have any actual explanatory power; an appeal to magic is, in fact, weaker than the "appeal to brute facts" that you take such issue with, since it is ultimately also an appeal to the same thing - just with a bonus bare assertion tacked on.
Ultimately, everything ends up at "because". All theism does is kick the can a step down the road with no justification, then pretend it has solved the issue.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner