RE: The Argument From Consciousness
May 9, 2013 at 10:17 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2013 at 10:19 pm by FallentoReason.)
(May 9, 2013 at 10:14 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(May 9, 2013 at 9:53 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: God must have a consciousness because God possesses the attributes of omniscience and [omni]benevolence.A good post other than this part. God isn't omnibenvolent,
Hence the square brackets i.e. if the individual believes he is (e.g. classical theism) then they include what's inside the square brackets. If they don't believe he is, then they leave out what's in the square brackets.
That's my understanding of square brackets anyways. It's like a suggestion, but without necessarily asserting it. That is left up to the individual.
Quote: nor is that a requirement for your argument.
Yes it is, because emotions only work in a temporal environment. God can't feel [infinite] love for us if there's no time to actualise such a feeling.
Dark Star Wrote:I'm interested to see how theists will try to refute this without massive special pleading.
I wrote this up as a request from Chad Wooters. He thinks there's lots to be explored here, so I'm interested in seeing where we can collectively get to.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
