RE: The Argument for Islam is very Simple:
March 21, 2017 at 9:01 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2017 at 9:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 21, 2017 at 8:44 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:(March 21, 2017 at 8:22 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: What's so hard to understand that we are not convinced that your, or any god, exists?
Why is it our fault that your god remains so hidden, as to look as if does not exist?
The universe has so many signs.
"Argument from Design" is what philosophy fans call it. Every civilization believed that this system can never be without a controller.
Designer; maker.
I wouldn't say "Apple" is invisible. I was just too lazy to read the brand.
Problem is, the 'argument from design' (actually, philosophy fans call it the teleological argument) fails on philosophical and evidential levels.
Quote:Every civilization believed that this system can never be without a controller.
This is a logical fallacy known as "argumentum ad antiquitatem".
The fact that every civilization believed that the universe needs a creator/operator, provides zero evidence that, it is in fact, true. Every civilization once believed the earth was flat. How did that work out?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
