RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
December 5, 2012 at 11:22 pm
(December 5, 2012 at 11:18 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Yes, it would lead us to conclude that given fine-tuning, the existence of a God-like mind is more plausibly true than not. In effect, yes, at minimum, deism.
But besides that your analogy seems to be arguing that it's "not impossible" for the universe it come about through naturalistic means. I agree with you- it's strictly possible. Even a 1 in 10^10^123 chance is still strictly speaking a chance.
But at what number point do you stop and say "Yeah, it's still strictly speaking a possibility that a Dolphin puked out a baby who pooped out the painting of the Mona Lisa. It's just not a realistic consideration."
Where is one to draw the line?
I honestly don't know. I'm curious as to why you think that god is the more likely explanation, rather than the one that is technically possible, but too unlikely to matter. Why can an omnipotent being exist for no reason why mortal, finite ones cannot?
