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The universe is just one enormous 'Soul Filtering machine'
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RE: The universe is just one enormous 'Soul Filtering machine'
(September 29, 2017 at 12:06 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:
(September 29, 2017 at 8:12 am)SteveII Wrote: But, "it just happened" or "it just is" are not possible answers. There are no successful defeaters to the arguments. While they do not prove anything, they are rational options of explanations which Christians for millennium have used in a cumulative case for their belief. 

That there are no successful defeaters to "it just happened" and "it just is" in no way implies that they are not possible explanations.  They could be true explanations having no successful defeater.  Regardless, the fact that you are dissatisfied with them as an explanation should tell you something about the value of your natural theology arguments, because they do indeed share the same qualitative profile as explanations.  Your criticisms of them are also criticisms of your natural theology arguments.

I read Steve's post as saying there are no successful defeaters to the natural theology arguments. Perhaps he can clarify.
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RE: The universe is just one enormous 'Soul Filtering machine' - by Crossless2.0 - September 29, 2017 at 12:17 pm

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