(August 31, 2018 at 10:32 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(August 31, 2018 at 10:26 pm)polymath257 Wrote: God exists because the universe exists and the universe needs a creator. Just like the garden needs gnomes to grow.
The arguments that theists give are really at the level of me claiming evidence for gnomes because my garden grows. The first-cause argument? The argument from design? I won't even dignify the ontological argument. The argument from moral authority?
Every single one of these is completely analogous to the argument for gnomes.
Uhmmm sure....I think thet you should probably stick to making your own arguments. Or is your whole argument based on straw men?
The argument is based on the absolute delusional arguments made in support of a deity. Every single one can equally well be used for arguing for gnomes in my garden. if you can refute the latter, I can equally easily refute the former.
Just accept that belief in deities is irrational to *exactly* the same degree that belief in garden gnomes is irrational. Well, actually, it's worse because even more claims are made about deities.