RE: Argument against atheism
December 20, 2011 at 8:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2011 at 8:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'm not sure why it seems so to you. Consciousness need only be "inherent" to the thing that is attempting to leverage perception (ourselves in most examples). Projecting some facet of ourselves (consciousness) onto the cosmos (especially in service of a question that asks about our relationship to the cosmos..which is what the god question is, essentially) is a pretty common human mistake. It may be that we do not have an accurate picture or perception of reality. We have good reasons to believe that we do. There are certain types of bias that our point of view (our inability to perceive anything from outside of our own consciousness) can lead to, we try to avoid that. Some are easy, we look for independent verification. That way we can at least be sure that it isn't just one of us seeing something that isn't there. We leverage tools and protocols designed to mitigate the bias that we understand to be inherent in ourselves. Last, but certainly not least, we leave everything open to review and insist that all things be scrutinized, professionally. It's worked for us so far.
If you're writing this argument for a grade might I suggest that you avoid the "most correctly termed as" line? Who would ask students to come up with an argument for the existence of a god for a grade though? That's about the cruelest thing I can imagine
If you're going to attempt some TAG variant take those two versions I posted and find a way to reword them in your own style without straying too far from the script. They're not actually good arguments, but if this is the sort of argument you have to write for a paper, something very similar to either of those two is probably your best bet. The trouble is how sour things can go when you choose the wrong words, so be careful when rewording it (if you choose to do so).
If you're writing this argument for a grade might I suggest that you avoid the "most correctly termed as" line? Who would ask students to come up with an argument for the existence of a god for a grade though? That's about the cruelest thing I can imagine
If you're going to attempt some TAG variant take those two versions I posted and find a way to reword them in your own style without straying too far from the script. They're not actually good arguments, but if this is the sort of argument you have to write for a paper, something very similar to either of those two is probably your best bet. The trouble is how sour things can go when you choose the wrong words, so be careful when rewording it (if you choose to do so).
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