RE: What do you think of this argument for God?
March 18, 2017 at 12:59 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2017 at 12:59 am by Nonpareil.)
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: If all existence is not necessary, then they are not necessary to exist and possibly could not have existed. If things are not necessary, the question, is why do they exist?
Why not?
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Everything is possible.
No.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: I believe if you think about the teleological argument, then it further confirms why there must a necessary being.
Teleology is incoherent nonsense.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: That is because everything requires an explanation of why it's here
Within the universe, yes.
Within the universe, it is not necessary for this cause to be a god. Outside the universe, it cannot be shown that the requirement for causality is even coherent, let alone holds.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: God is necessary as well for morality which is part of reason and life.
Objective morality does not exist.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Without God, there is no morality.
Demonstrably false.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:36 am)MysticKnight Wrote: With God, there is no purpose.
And united in this void of purpose, fear, or duty, we shall, at long last, be free!
"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
