(August 19, 2011 at 4:51 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: I do not believe it is justified that way, it's justified by the impossibility of the contrary. People who hold the opposite view cannot justify their own presuppositions; this violates the principle of sufficient reason. So the atheist is able to appeal to logic, but he cannot give an account for doing so.
Which could be used as an argument for any god, so to use this as an argument for the Christian God is dubious and taking a leap in logic that is unjustified.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell