RE: Why Does God Need A Creator?
February 16, 2013 at 6:43 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2013 at 6:45 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 16, 2013 at 6:26 pm)chasingthetruth Wrote: He isn't bound by the same laws of existence that he himself dictated, why is it necessary for him to have had a creator? (for those who use this argument)
The argument is not ours, it is yours. You claim that everything that exists needs a cause, right? Then you break your own rule for your god.
Then you create some special attributes for your god that you attempt to hide him with, so he doesn't have to adhere to your other rules.
Then to make it worse, you are attempting to explain something as complex and mysterious as the universe with something even more complex and mysterious. Andthat thing you claim does not need a creator. How convenient.
All your 'explanation' does is sweep the real question under the rug. You might as well say the universe exists because of 'magic'. Magic has the same explanatory power as 'god did it'.
You are asserting and presupposing a god exists. You have to provide demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument for that assertion before any attributes for this god can be ascertained.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
