(April 19, 2018 at 11:49 am)Aegon Wrote: Honestly? There are some compelling arguments in favor of a deity in general, perhaps solely as a creator (Deism or Pandeism.) But I can't think of a single solid argument in favor of any specific religion. They just don't add up.
Nope, sorry, cant agree with you on even deism or pandeism.
They certainly try to avoid the tribal pratfalls as concepts, but I really don't see them as any better.
If one accepts the age of the planet and sun and universe, there is simply no good reason even to buy a generic "cosmic factory boss".
Even if one wants to claim a "starting point" it does not have to be cognitive much less a super natural cognition.
There is no good reason to gap fill with a super natural factory boss.
That is simply falling for, "Life has pretty things in it so it has to have a magic factory boss." No, it does not, not to mention the is tons of nasty stuff in nature and the universe not to mention the universe is mostly empty and hostile to supporting life.
