RE: Do your beliefs imply a Necessary being exists?
August 9, 2012 at 7:57 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2012 at 8:02 pm by Gambit.)
Right, maybe I'm missing something here but the answers are: It seems not - It seems so - I can't say. To me, those answers are leading. For instance, "It seems not", is not "No, it cannot/isn't". "It seems so", is not, "Yes it is". And "I can't say", is, "It's possible, but I don't know either way". There aren't enough responses and room to elaborate for the survey to draw truly logical conclusions. Am I just having a brain fart here?
Clive, I tried to find the video but couldn't. Anyway, off to bed, I'll read your responses tomorrow.
EDIT: Even if most atheists arrived at the answer that yes, an Necessary being exists, all that proves is that they're responding to questions in a particular way because they can't know the answers. As Padraic pointed out, that simply points to a lack of evidence. All the exercise shows is that people can explore a path of "what ifs", however, still dismiss a thing due to lack of verifiable evidence.
Clive, I tried to find the video but couldn't. Anyway, off to bed, I'll read your responses tomorrow.
EDIT: Even if most atheists arrived at the answer that yes, an Necessary being exists, all that proves is that they're responding to questions in a particular way because they can't know the answers. As Padraic pointed out, that simply points to a lack of evidence. All the exercise shows is that people can explore a path of "what ifs", however, still dismiss a thing due to lack of verifiable evidence.
