(August 28, 2013 at 4:47 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: God of the gaps is lazy.
I didn’t use a god of the gaps argument. I used an argument from necessity.
Quote: Well, I don't like your proposition that your Christian god is the answer, so I'm going to replace him with a purple polka-dotted dragon. Its fiery bubble breath of creation explains all the universe's mysteries, and you can read all about it from the cave wall upon which I etched with charcoal the words that it whispered to me in my dreams.
You can assume such a creature exists, but in order to demonstrate necessary existence you’ll have to explain how such a dragon justifies our assumption that natural laws in the future will resemble natural laws of the past for starters. I am intrigued…