RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
November 30, 2012 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: November 30, 2012 at 7:16 pm by genkaus.)
(November 28, 2012 at 4:03 pm)alwayson Wrote: One cannot claim that anything exists, since for something to exist it would logically have to arise from a) itself b) other or c) both these possibilities together
Wrong. Just because something exists doesn't mean it has to arise.
(November 28, 2012 at 4:03 pm)alwayson Wrote: Something cannot arise from other, because then you could have a giraffe spring from a rock. Anything could arise from anything. Moreover if an entity in itself does not exist, an entity other than it does not exist either.
Wrong again. Something arising from something else does not equal anything arising from anything.
(November 28, 2012 at 4:24 pm)alwayson Wrote: Science will never explain the beginning of the universe, because there is no beginning.
Something we agree on. Just because the universe exists doesn't mean it had a beginning. Hold on a sec - I think that's what a lot of scientists are saying.
(November 28, 2012 at 4:24 pm)alwayson Wrote: Even from a common sense standpoint, Big Bang has previous causes,
Prove it.