(February 18, 2014 at 1:05 am)snowtracks Wrote: it's logically improper for dismissal of God's existence based on so-called God-of-the-gaps arguments since not all gaps will be filled (it's expected gaps to be filled, after all that's what science does). all things that exist are not scientifically verifiable; science is limited to empirical (based on observation and experiment) causal explanations.
We're not dismissing god based on the god of the gaps. We're dismissing god because there's no reason to believe there is one, no evidence that there is that isn't itself fallacious, and since you're admitting that god isn't scientifically verifiable, no rational reason to even consider the idea. All of that combines to point to the conclusion that there's simply nothing that points to a god beyond wishful thinking, and we need more than that to give the idea consideration.
You don't get to put your god beyond the realms of rational inquiry and testing, and then bitch about how unfair it is that we conclude that belief in him is therefore irrational.
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