RE: God is so quiet
February 7, 2018 at 10:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2018 at 10:20 pm by GrandizerII.)
(February 7, 2018 at 10:04 pm)Cyberman Wrote:(February 7, 2018 at 9:40 pm)Grandizer Wrote: God, on the other hand, we have virtually nil evidence of.
I'll just chip in here, if I may. I don't want anyone to misconstrue what you're saying. When we speak of there being no evidence of these things, what we mean, and what we really should be saying, is that there's no compelling evidence. Virtually anything can be offered up as evidence - a tree falling over could be evidence of an invisible demon attack. But is it enough on which to base a conclusion? That's where the hard work comes in. Unfortunately, far too many people are willing to do it; they seem to think it's enough just to give their evidence and win the game.
I would argue a tree falling over is evidence that something made it fall over, but what that likely is should be decided by further evidence and further investigation.
And if we're just going to do best explanation arguments, then demons would definitely not be the best explanation exactly because in order for them to be the best explanation we have to assume that they do exist (we lack [compelling] evidence that they do). Human beings, on the other hand, we do know exist.
