(February 29, 2012 at 4:08 pm)NoMoreFaith Wrote: Well, I have to confess I don't have 2 hours to spend on tired old arguments so I took the abbreviated version.
But as to the cosmological argument, and the assertion that everything has a creator. Your 'rustic' logic has a problem that every atheist can recite more or less in their sleep.
If everything has a creator, then what created the creator?
If the creator requires no cause, then you must admit your basic premise that everything has a creator is flawed.
If your basic premise is flawed, then your whole argument is flawed, not everything requires a creator.
Which means the universe does not necessitate a creator.
Ah, but WHAT made the universe then.. well, we don't know for certain.. which brings me to point 2.
Even if we assume a supernatural entity created the world, then what evidence do you have that makes Allah more preeminent a creator than Ra, Tepeu and Gucumatz, Jehovah (arguably the same guy), or Odin.
Answer the counterarguments and you may have a real discussion. Stop hiding behind videos which is one way only, and enter a real discussion on the matter. Prove me wrong, and be brave enough to defend your arguments.
The KCA is a fallacious, illogical and nonsensical argument. I am still waiting to hear the cause of beta decay. Any takers?