(August 17, 2010 at 5:43 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Captain Scarlet,
So now God is perfect AND a personal creator of the universe? Any other unstated premises you would like to add to your argument?
1. Theism is simply a belief in God/god/ or gods
2. A god that is indifferent can be conceived
3. Therefore evolution does not prove atheism
Rhizo
You asked a question, which I answered. You will find it is well understood. Infact I do not lay claim to the definitions which are straight from philosophical discourse. Not sure what 'unstated' premises are; they are clearly stated!
To your points
1. Nope. Theism is a claim that there is a personal creator. Deism and pantheism also claim that there may be god/s
2. Yes in deism in particular, not in theism
3. Correct the argument is inductive ie probabilistic not deductive ie conclusive. So my claim is not the it proves atheism but that atheism is more likely
be a good idea to read more carefully, get your facts right .... oh and I take it you have retracted your claim that my argument was a fallacy from incredulity. If you need to check it out just google logical fallacies.
You
