RE: My argument for atheism +
November 23, 2019 at 5:12 pm
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2019 at 5:14 pm by Tom Fearnley.)
One counter to my argument could be that God is all-powerful so doesn't require a brain:
My counter is that we humans are very poorly designed: We eat and breath down the same tube, we feel excess amounts of pain, we die after less than 115 years, our eyes can go blind etc etc so how could something all powerful have created us? Something with limited power almost certainly created us therefore. However this thing of limited power doesn't have a brain/neurons so almost certainly has less power than a human. How could this theist God create a universe? It makes most sense that something of limited power - nature - created us.
Because thought comes from the brain/neurons. There is no evidence that it can come from something/somewhere else. But again my counter to my own argument is that God is all powerful. See above.
My counter is that we humans are very poorly designed: We eat and breath down the same tube, we feel excess amounts of pain, we die after less than 115 years, our eyes can go blind etc etc so how could something all powerful have created us? Something with limited power almost certainly created us therefore. However this thing of limited power doesn't have a brain/neurons so almost certainly has less power than a human. How could this theist God create a universe? It makes most sense that something of limited power - nature - created us.
(November 23, 2019 at 4:34 pm)Southern Atheist Wrote:(November 23, 2019 at 4:06 pm)Tom Fearnley Wrote: I don't claim that a God with no brain is impossible but it doesn't seem very likely. Worse than Santa Claus because at least Santa has a brain. If there is no evidence where there should be for something then that thing likely doesn't exist. I disagree that it doesn't defeat all arguments for God because you can just say "how can God do that without a brain or neurons" e.g. "how can God create a universe without a brain or neurons"
"The theist could respond that their god can think and have thoughts without a human/animal like brain and neurons, why, because it's god. "
Yes but then that's not actual evidence that a God can think without neurons/a brain so their argument has failed.
The point I was trying to make is what evidence do you have that a god would have to have a brain?
Because thought comes from the brain/neurons. There is no evidence that it can come from something/somewhere else. But again my counter to my own argument is that God is all powerful. See above.
