(October 12, 2014 at 6:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote: You can be an apologist for Allah or an apologist for Yahweh, or even an apologist for the Vedas, and it would still be the same as arguing for the existence of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
People and places existing will never make magic real nor will any holy book ever be able to replace a science textbook.
I've never seen anyone argue for the existence of Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader using Aristotelian principles of causality.
And to be fair to the philosopher here, he is neither invoking the existence of magic nor is he claiming the validity of a holy book.