(April 20, 2014 at 7:51 pm)Metalogos Wrote: Yes, it does seem that many atheist are satisfied in letting the theists do all the heavy lifting and smugly deriding their efforts to explain and understand the universe by pointing out all the holes in their arguments and theologies.
I wouldn't be so proud of the 'work' you do. Cherry picking respected authors, misapplying what they say and twisting logic may be hard work but they're hardly honorable.
(April 20, 2014 at 7:51 pm)Metalogos Wrote: It is a lazy occupation methinks. Why don't you sweat with me a bit and try to argue a position that claims no Prime Mover is necessary for explaining the existence of the universe? In other words, tell me why I should abandon Aristotle's seminal argument which attempts to deal with the fundamental question of the existence of the universe.
First I would not start by assuming a true accounting of the origins of the universe is a straightforward task that should yield to a little sweat. You seem way too much satisfied to use God as a solution where the rest of us see only a crutch. Magical creator beings don't explain anything. But invoking them is evidence the problem was too much for you.
