RE: I am an orthodox Christian, ask me a question!
August 13, 2009 at 3:58 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2009 at 4:01 pm by Jon Paul.)
(August 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: If that's an argument then what you have failed to understand is the burden of proof.It's not an argument; it's a comparison of different scenarios.
(August 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: A transcendental God is an assumption. And yes, no transcendental God is also an assumption. But the burden of proof is on those who believe in a God.I believe I have proof enough of a transcendent God, to at least consider his existence highly probably, based on the reasons I have given here and other reasons.
(August 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Because what we already know to exist, the universe, by itself, is a less complex hypothesis than the universe + .An omnipotent supernatural "God" with a so-called 'objective mind'.That it not necessarily so, and the doctrine of divine simplicity would wholeheartedly disagree; it would state that the capability of the universe to contain multiplicity and complexity due to the of it's constants and physical laws and nature, mandates that there be a simpler, and ultimately singular reality (God) that transcends it.
(August 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Well this definition of God is all fine and dandy as any other. But like the others it has one crutial problem - it lacks evidence.It doesn't; it's exactly the kind of God the argument from potentiality/actuality evidences.
(August 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Yeah, sure. Where is it? Where do you genuinely demonstrate his existence? I don't care how you do it or whether it's direct or not - I just care that it's valid.I demonstrate it based on empirical and rational knowledge in the argument from potentiality/actuality. And the transcendental argument demonstrates it based on rational knowledge and analysis of intrinsic logical coherence.
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