RE: Alien Question for Atheists
May 29, 2018 at 6:31 pm
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2018 at 6:32 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Like I said, it would be fascinating but if it happened I'd think the simulation argument or the possibility of alien technology deceiving us are both far more plausible than "A being outside of the universe and space and time made everything."
I agree.
If only because our demonstrations itself are entirely natural. Literally any explanation we could come up with would be a natural one. The problem with a 'supernatural explanation' is it's not an explanation at all. It's not clear what "Outside of space and time" and "outside of nature" and "supernatural" even mean.
(May 29, 2018 at 6:31 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Meh. I'd take Hume's lead and give it a twist: whatever the evidence for God you have is, there is a more probable explanation that is not God. I don't see how you get around that basic argument (with Hume, contra miracles). I'll be doing some reading on that soon, but failing any great revelation, that holds. That and it is, I believe, in principle, impossible to demonstrate any property which is by its nature unlimited (e.g. omnipotence).
I agree.
If only because our demonstrations itself are entirely natural. Literally any explanation we could come up with would be a natural one. The problem with a 'supernatural explanation' is it's not an explanation at all. It's not clear what "Outside of space and time" and "outside of nature" and "supernatural" even mean.
