RE: Why God doesn't stop satan?
June 10, 2021 at 2:09 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2021 at 2:11 pm by R00tKiT.)
Well, for one, since there is no good argument in favor of other minds, the fact that you think there are other minds than yours leads you to an incoherent position. I can simply say that since God speaks about people in a sacred book and affirms there are other creatures than myself, I can rest assured there are other minds. I admit it's a clumsy example, but you get the idea: you have no foundation to assert that anything is true outside of your brain.
Or, to put it more radically, anything you consider to be true is only true for you. If there is no absolute reference of truth (i.e. God), nothing you say has any truth value whatsoever.
You must have encountered a similar argument related to morality, there cannot be an objective morality without a supreme moral entity. Even if one says that well-being or minimzing suffering is an objective criterion of good moral actions, one can simply keep asking what makes this criterion superior to other competing criteria, etc.
I should note I am not a fan of these arguments, because they resemble presuppositionalism. But presuppositionalists have a point, though: the premise "God exists" seems to solve hard solipsism. No other premise can do that.
Or, to put it more radically, anything you consider to be true is only true for you. If there is no absolute reference of truth (i.e. God), nothing you say has any truth value whatsoever.
You must have encountered a similar argument related to morality, there cannot be an objective morality without a supreme moral entity. Even if one says that well-being or minimzing suffering is an objective criterion of good moral actions, one can simply keep asking what makes this criterion superior to other competing criteria, etc.
I should note I am not a fan of these arguments, because they resemble presuppositionalism. But presuppositionalists have a point, though: the premise "God exists" seems to solve hard solipsism. No other premise can do that.