RE: Temporal lobe epilepsy & religious experience.
September 1, 2021 at 11:17 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2021 at 11:19 am by Angrboda.)
(September 1, 2021 at 10:56 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: The existence of counterfiet money isnt proof that real money doesnt exist.
I think you misunderstand the objection. If one replaces real causes with an epiphenomenal god, then all one is doing is engaging in pointless metaphysics. Yes this fit of epilepsy could be caused by god, and gravity could be the effect of an omnipotent machine projecting force throughout the universe, but why would you? If you replace one cause with God then you can replace them all. The principle of insufficient reason will cut down all such moves. If you can replace them all, then "God" just becomes a new name for nature, and your attempt to explain the original phenomenon turns out to be nothing more than bullshit semantics. It's the same problem with Berkeley's argument for God; all you're doing is insisting on calling nature God for Reasons[TM].
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