" It is urged that man knows that whatever is , must have either had a beginning or have existed from all eternity; he also knows that whatever is not external must have had a cause. When this reasoning is applied to the universe, it is necessary to prove that it was created; until that is clearly demonstrated we may reasonably suppose that it has endured from all eternity.
We must prove design before we can infer a designer. The only idea which we can form of causation is derivable from the conjunction of objects, and the consequent inference of one from the other.
In a case where two propositions are diametrically opposite, the mind believes that which is least incomprehensible;--it is easier to suppose that the universe has existed from all eternity than to conceive a being capable of creating it. "
The poet Shelley wrote this over 200 years ago and I'm with him.
We must prove design before we can infer a designer. The only idea which we can form of causation is derivable from the conjunction of objects, and the consequent inference of one from the other.
In a case where two propositions are diametrically opposite, the mind believes that which is least incomprehensible;--it is easier to suppose that the universe has existed from all eternity than to conceive a being capable of creating it. "
The poet Shelley wrote this over 200 years ago and I'm with him.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
