RE: Argument for atheism from necessary evil
August 28, 2010 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2010 at 11:02 pm by fr0d0.)
(August 28, 2010 at 7:19 pm)Captain Scarlet Wrote: So I think the point is that if prayer does not lead to empirically positive results it counts as evidence against the existence of a christian god. No evidence is conclusive becuase you could counter as you have done or he may not really care or be intrinscily evil or may not be thinking (I don't believe he can think if he is in a timeless non-place, I know you think differently). However along with other evidence if we apply Occams Razer we should conclude that god does not exist.I don't counter that he doesn't care I counter that we are not knowledgeable to judge the fairness of the action. We can't say whether his action is caring or not because we don't have access to all the information. We assume that no action is injust but on what grounds? We cannot know and therefore cannot judge. In this case God clearly has no interest in restoring missing limbs. Is that caring or uncaring?... we cannot judge.