RE: A "meta-argument" against all future arguments for God's existence ?
February 28, 2022 at 12:54 am
(February 27, 2022 at 7:15 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(February 27, 2022 at 1:40 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: Is monotheism claiming that the god-alien is a mindless entity and it is simpler than us?
Because that is what naturalists are claiming: That life started with basic chemistry and that a soup of molecule are simpler than us (and mindless).
Classical theism has been claiming that God is absolutely simple, with no parts. It is not only simpler than us, it is the simplest thing there can be.
This has been a basic tenet of theology for millennia.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/divine-simplicity/
Simple things would be particles, such as photons, electrons, quarks, protons. These are the components from which the stuff in this universe is made of and they are observable.
Complexity is not a well defined term, but I am going to use it here.
Something like a hydrogen is more complex, since it uses simpler components: for example, one proton and one electron.
A hydrogen molecule is more complex.
Solid hydrogen, crystalline form, with a few hundred molecules of H2 is more complex.
A star is a more complex system.
In the case of cold objects, about 500 C and under, you have the surface of a planet such as Earth, where you have various compounds, various crystals.
The only thing that has no parts is nothingness.
Everything we observe in our environment has parts.
The problem with Plato is that he comes from ancient times and has not had the benefit of a modern science education and thus, does not have a good frame of reference.
The brain was a complete unknown to him. He is not aware of circuit design, CPU design, software, TV, VCR, clocks.
So, what lead these people to claim that a god is absolutely simple?
