(November 2, 2017 at 9:31 am)SteveII Wrote:(November 2, 2017 at 9:06 am)Jehanne Wrote: 1) Theism is not well defined -- people of good will disagree on who or what is "god" or what his/her/its attributes and/or characteristics are; 2) Theism is, according to many people of good will, incoherent and self-contradictory ("Can God make a rock so big that he cannot lift it"?); 3) Theism makes no strong predictions about the natural world; there is no dispassionate, disinterested observation that anyone can make in support of theism; 4) Theism is not falsifiable -- there is no observation that one could ever make that could ever disprove theism; 5) Theism is constantly changing -- religions change and contradict each other and themselves over time; it is impossible for any neutral observer to determine which one is "correct," if any.
1. That does not mean there is no truth in the matter.
2. That's because "people of good will" have a very poor understanding of what it means to be omniscient. It isn't that hard and to stop at "Can God make a rock..." just shows that the person considering the proposition is just wants the idea to be incoherent.
3. Why would it?
4. Falsification is a principle applied to science. Most metaphysical claims are not falsifiable--including the principle of falsification (itself being a metaphysical concept).
5. see 1.
I see no reason to give theism serious consideration, which is why I am an atheist.
