RE: If there was a loving God, would you accept him?
April 24, 2014 at 12:56 pm
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2014 at 1:04 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(April 23, 2014 at 9:12 pm)ns1452 Wrote: Ironically, I think that many of you would argue that the falsehood of God is an absolute fact.
What makes that ironic is how wrong it is. Those who would argue that the nonexistence of any conceivable version of God is an absolute are a tiny minority among Western atheists. Perhaps you could conduct a poll on the issue if you doubt me? Or refer to what I've already explained atheism actually is.
(April 23, 2014 at 9:12 pm)ns1452 Wrote: If empirical investigation cannot deal with these “intangibles”, than can empirical investigation determine God’s existence? The truth is that there are realities that go beyond empirical investigation.
How could you demonstrate that?
(April 23, 2014 at 9:12 pm)ns1452 Wrote: There is a limit to what can be determined and understand from empiricism.
True, and it can be demonstrated (a contradiction is involved in knowing absolutely everything about the universe from within the universe).
(April 23, 2014 at 9:12 pm)ns1452 Wrote: Therefore, what value does empiricism have in the debate over whether there is a God?]
It can (and has) determined that if there is a God, it has no empirically detectable effect on reality that we've been able to verify thus far. As far as empiricism is concerned, God is indistinguishable from imaginary entities. What alternative method do you propose to evaluate the probability of God?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
