RE: What is wrong with this premise?
February 20, 2015 at 7:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2015 at 7:03 pm by Heywood.)
(February 19, 2015 at 7:18 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 19, 2015 at 7:06 am)Heywood Wrote: I don't hold the position that reality came first and then God. Both have always existed. God is simply a necessary condition of an eternal reality that has also always been emergent complex, just as the inverse square law is a necessary condition of any space which has 3 dimensions.No. If the framework in which God is supposed to have created the universe is eternal, then there's no need for God, since something which is not God has the capability of existing uncreated.
I take the position that in any universe like ours, finite and emergent complex, there will exist finite intellect. I further take the position that in any reality which is eternal and emergent complex, there will exist eternal intellect.
I find the notion that intellect can exist outside of reality to be nonsensical just as the notion of an inverse square law outside of 3 dimensional space is also nonsensical. If there is 3 dimensional space, there will be an inverse square law. If there is an eternal and emergent complex reality, there will be eternal intellect.
I don't believe in God because I need God. I believe in God because God is something that ought to exist. Most people who believe in aliens do for the same reason. Aliens are something that ought to exist in this universe so they believe in them. Do you believe extra terrestrial aliens exist? Do you believe extra terrestrial aliens exist because you need them to exist or because you think they ought to exist?
