(September 29, 2014 at 2:15 pm)Rhythm Wrote:Quote:If God exists, it would be a favor if humanity knew he existed beyond doubt.Starts here, you've chosen to use the operator of "if", and the argument structure of an mt at line 4.
For the premise to be used the antecedent must be a necessary or sufficient condition for the claim made in the consequent. That is the requirement made by use of the "if" clause, and this "if" condition must be met for an mt to be reliable.
The existence of a god is neither necessary or sufficient reason for his revealing himself to be a favor to us, beyond a doubt or otherwise.
If statements can be about something not true.
You can say.
If I walked to school, I would be tired.
I am not tired.
Therefore I didn't want to school.
In this case, we had a series of statements, but mainly that God would have made himself known if he exists due to his attributes and due it being a favor to humanity to make himself known beyond doubt. As that is not done, we can deny what follows the first if, "if God exists". That is if the argument is sound.
