RE: Argument from evil, restated
May 23, 2013 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 5:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 23, 2013 at 5:46 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: That's a total cop-out.Hardly, what with no god being ponied up the only thing that such a statement can refer to is a claim. For it to refer to anything else, I'd have to either believe in a god - which I don't, or you'd have to provide said god - which you won't.
Quote:If you make a statement, like "God is evil." then you are judging both a certain conception of god and the claim about god.A conception and a claim. I shouldn't have to tell you this, but "the idea is not the thing".
Quote: If the god, as conceived, actually exists, then you are if fact pronouncing judgement on that God.....and until said god exists, it's just claims and conceptions.
Quote: For example, if I say, "That chair is stable because it has four legs," and you say, "No it's not stable. It has four legs but one is broken." then we are talking about both the chair and why it is or is not stable.Presumably we can both point to the table in front of us..or is it a fairy table?
Nevertheless, whats wrong with making a judgement call about an existent god anyway? You'd hold a god to a standard at least commensurate with the standard you hold your fellow man to, wouldn't you?
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