(September 15, 2019 at 3:10 pm)Inqwizitor Wrote: If we want to really get down to an ontological principle, we should ask, "What is a god?"
Well that's the issue, isn't it? Theists and deists alike haven't defined what a god is, let alone provided evidence for such a thing.
(September 15, 2019 at 3:10 pm)Inqwizitor Wrote: That might be the fundamental problem with deism, actually. In that case, though, atheism loses cognitive meaning, as well.
How does atheism "lose cognitive meaning?"
(September 15, 2019 at 3:10 pm)Inqwizitor Wrote: The issue is basically, why is there something rather than nothing? That is at least a reason, if not an entirely convincing one (and to be convinced is subjective anyway), to accept some sort of necessary existent.
Why should we accept that as a sensible question in the first place? Who says that "Why is there something rather than nothing?" is even an idea worth discussing?
The question implies that there has to be something instead of nothing, which isn't true. There doesn't "have" to be anything, there simply is. There are no shoulds or should nots, there's simply what is. And the reality is, we are here.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
