RE: Arguments for God's Existence from Contingency
November 11, 2017 at 10:37 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2017 at 10:42 pm by Astreja.)
(November 11, 2017 at 9:40 pm)datc Wrote: Is it your own philosophical doctrine that God's existence cannot be demonstrated by philosophy?
Well, it's certainly *my* doctrine. I do not find any philosophical arguments for gods convincing. At some point, all of them break down with an unsupported assertion about "necessity" or "greatest possible being" or some other declaration that cannot be empirically demonstrated. At that point, the argument is dead in the water and we're no closer to finding any actual gods.
If evidence of a god-like being is ever discovered, I'm willing to wager that it will be science, not philosophy, that achieves that discovery.
(November 11, 2017 at 10:00 pm)datc Wrote: In addition, of course, Christ did show up.
"Showed up" in some tall tales written mainly in Greek, several generations after he supposedly walked the earth. Even less convincing than the philosophical arguments, especially in light of the fact that there are no contemporaneous stories originating in Roman-occupied Judea circa 30-35 CE. The miracle claims and the resurrection can simply be dismissed as too barmy for belief.
