When theists say that God exists independently of the material world, are they saying he's an abstract thing like numbers, words, formulas, concepts, etc? I get this impression when they use presuppositional apologetics. Perhaps I'm wrong. I'm willing to admit that in this case. But if they are saying God is an abstract thing, then I could make this argument:
If something is abstract, then it does not exist apart from the human mind.
God is abstract.
Therefore, God does not exist apart from the human mind.
No?
If something is abstract, then it does not exist apart from the human mind.
God is abstract.
Therefore, God does not exist apart from the human mind.
No?
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
