(May 21, 2017 at 4:07 am)MellisaClarke Wrote: I have been seeing too many atheists memes these later months. I wonder about myself now, and I wonder about my goals.
I saw another meme some days ago about God that I am having problems thinking about.
Statement: "Everything has a creator, and God has no creator".
I always think the above as correct.
The meme continues: "Since God has no creator, God is not a thing to be created, or no thing to be created, i.e. nothing; God is nothing".
Am I a true Christian for having problems with the above? Help!
I wouldn't worry about it too much, there is a lot of bad thinking in there.
First: I would ask the question "why?" to the assumption that "everything has a creator". It seems that this is a common distortion/misunderstanding from the Kalaam argument that "everything that begins to exist, must have a cause" (principle of causality). The only support I am aware of for everything has a creator (or cause), is because our experience is all of contingent things; but, I believe that is only a corroborating evidence, not something which can stand on it's own.
Second: It is not accurately representing the Christian view of God.
Third: In the last part of the meme does not follow; from it's premise to it's conclusion. To examine it, you can follow the reasoning or formula with different variables. A car is not a thing to fly from the Americas to Europe. A car is not a thing to fly or no thing to fly, ie nothing; a car is nothing! It seems obvious that stripping the first correct statement down in this way, is bad logic
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
