RE: Why there must be a God
September 10, 2010 at 6:39 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2010 at 6:42 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:ThinkingMan Wrote:
Nothing in existence creates itself or exists by its own accord.
Funny you should say that. According to Stephen Hawking's latest book,it actually does. The argument has been around for at least 30 years of which I'm aware. I first came across it in the early 1970's in a book called "Evidence And Inference".(philosophy,not physics)
IF you argue nothing comes into existence of its own accord,you may not then argue an uncreated God. That's a logical fallacy called 'special pleading'
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Quote:Special pleading is a form of spurious argumentation where a position in a dispute introduces favorable details or excludes unfavorable details by alleging a need to apply additional considerations without proper criticism of these considerations themselves. Essentially, this involves someone attempting to cite something as an exemption to a generally accepted rule, principle, etc. without justifying the exemption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading