(August 30, 2018 at 12:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: That reads like a polemic. I wouldn't be so certain. There are things that are evident about the world. 1People can reason from some of those observations that God exists. You may believe that that specific conclusion does not follow from particular observations, but 2saying flat out that there is "no evidence" inverts the relationship between evidence and the conclusions one could possibly draw from the evidence. As such it is an unfounded assertion. Let me show you the difference...
3Step 1: There is something evident about the world.
Step 2: Some conclusion follows from what is evident.
Step 3: What is evident supports the conclusion.
versus
Step 1: No conclusions can be drawn from anything evident about the world.
1. If there was actual reason behind why you believe as you do, there would be no reason for anyone to disbelieve.
2. There is no evidence. It is that simple. Refer back to #1
3. God is not evident. Never has been. Imagination, on the other hand......