RE: My argument for atheism +
November 23, 2019 at 7:47 pm
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2019 at 8:26 pm by Tom Fearnley.)
(November 23, 2019 at 7:38 pm)Grandizer Wrote:But thoughts coming from brains/neurons is the only evidence we have of thoughts. If you're going to posit a God you should define him as something that makes *more* sense. Like a material God with a brain (not that that makes sense either.)(November 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm)Tom Fearnley Wrote: But there is no evidence where there should be of thoughts coming from anywhere other than the brain/neurons.
Yes but that would make their God very unpowerful. He couldn't even stop us from feeling pain. Thanks for the response how do you counter it?
In the Bayesian sense, I don't exactly disagree with you.
I think the issue, though, is we're talking metaphysics and consciousness and such. Stuff way beyond what we've evolved to think about in our everyday lives. And I don't think we can be almost certain that thoughts could only come from brain/neurons.
As for pain and death and such, God might have intentionally allowed the Fall to happen for the sake of some greater unknown good. That's one counter.
I meant what is your counter as an atheist to the "fall of man" argument?
What greater good would that be? Again I see no reason for us to have pain, very poor design.
EDIT: Got the argument down to a single tweet:
How can God create a universe/think thoughts/have knowledge if he doesn't have a brain or neurons? You might answer that God is all-powerful so doesn't need a brain. How can God be all-powerful if we humans are so poorly design? #Atheism.