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Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
(March 29, 2017 at 2:22 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(March 29, 2017 at 1:40 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: What the fine tuning argument is saying; is that the evidence shows that something capable of choice and direction is responsible for what is being seen.  It also makes the notion that there is no purpose or intention behind what we see as difficult.

I would refer you to Thomas Nagel's "Mind & Cosmos" who similarly argues that excluding purpose and intention from nature, by fiat, is to deny the obvious - teleology is an essential feature of the world. Ultimately, Nagel rejects theism, but goes so far as to admit his bias - he, like any of a multitude of skeptics here, doesn't want theism to be true. The way I see it, Nagel, is on a dead end quest to recover Aristotelian Final Cause with out any theistic entailment.

Stop equating "atheist" as being bias. It merely means "off" on god claims. To know what the individual atheists holds as a position, ask the individual then go from there.

Scientific method is completely independent of personal bias, or at least it should be if one values neutrality in a lab.

And again, you like people with other god claims and other religious clubs refuse to see that you all make the same arguments. 

Sam Harris is a neurologist and an atheist, but also has a Buddhism fetish. Pointing to smart people with degrees does not make them right about every single topic. Sam is dead wrong claiming science points to Buddhism. Scientific method is a tool, not a club,  a process, not a religion. Sam has a bias, but that does not mean the word "atheist" makes all atheists bias.
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RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm

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