(April 4, 2015 at 3:40 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: 1. A universe has to exist
2. The universe must be such that life can occur and be around long enough for sentience to occur
3. Sentient life must exist
4. There must be stable laws of physics that allow for stars, galaxies, and planets to exist.
Question: Why would mindless mechanistic forces create the conditions necessary for the claim of theism to have any merit?
You say these facts aren't compelling. Anyone who is an atheist and either disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God is going to say that. Is any atheist here or anywhere going to say the aforementioned facts are compelling but I don't give it any credence anyway? Actually there was an atheist who did give these arguments a lot of credence but as a result he became a philosophical theist. I'm referring to Antony Flew.
Corrections:
Observation (1) Our universe exist.
Observation (2) Sentient life exist.
Observation (3) The rules of our universe are consistent.
Observation (4) Our universe is ooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllldddddddddddddd.
Observation (5) Our earth is oooooolllllllllddddddd too. Not as old as the universe.
Observation (6) Comples behaviour arises from simple interactions.
Bad conclusion: God had to create all of this because I cannot see how "mindless mechanistic forces create the conditions necessary" create sentient life.