welsh cake: you state that consciousness is not a primary function of the universe. I hope you will concede that statement is a belief, not a fact. I did not commit the fallacy of composition when I stated that a belief in objective morality or truth necessitates consciousness as a primary function of the universe. If things actually are "Good" or "bad" it necessarily means that value judgements can be correct or incorrect. Value judgments require a conscious observer. if things inherently have value necessarily consciousness must be a primary law of nature and the universe.
"atheism is but a response to theistic claims" - I completely agree with you. Atheism offers no insight to whether something that would correctly be termed "God" exists at all.
"define God first..." any man-made definition of God would by its very nature be incomplete. From a scientific standpoint the most simplistic term I can come up with is "consciousness as a primary function of the universe"
"atheism is but a response to theistic claims" - I completely agree with you. Atheism offers no insight to whether something that would correctly be termed "God" exists at all.
"define God first..." any man-made definition of God would by its very nature be incomplete. From a scientific standpoint the most simplistic term I can come up with is "consciousness as a primary function of the universe"
