RE: Who throws the dice for you?
April 15, 2014 at 9:56 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2014 at 9:57 am by Heywood.)
(April 15, 2014 at 4:44 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(April 14, 2014 at 12:40 pm)Heywood Wrote: Here is an argument:I've emboldened the conclusion which you've included in the premise.
Premise 1: We will see events which cannot be explained by local physical causes only if God exists.
Premise 2: We do see events that cannot be explained by local physical causes.
Conclusion: Therefore God exists.
In order to "beg the question", the conclusion would have to be contained within one of the premises.
"If God exists" is not a conclusion. "If" is a conditional statement. You are conflating a condition with a conclusion. The conclusion or declaration that "God exists" is not contained with in any premises.
Sorry Ben but you get an F here.