(May 15, 2012 at 11:34 am)NoMoreFaith Wrote: ... do we imply that God IS the fire that burns a family trapped alive in their home?
That is pantheism and, as such, antithetical to this view.
(May 15, 2012 at 11:34 am)NoMoreFaith Wrote: ... (if you excuse the alarming example; merely trying to clarify where God is in all this).
It is not as if atheists appealing to emotional arguments is unusual.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)