RE: Present a BETTER worldview
September 19, 2010 at 6:59 am
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2010 at 7:00 am by Welsh cake.)
(September 19, 2010 at 4:21 am)Rayaan Wrote: If you think that universe existed infinitely into the past (without any evidence), then similarly, why cannot God exist in the eternal past as well? I don't have any evidence for my belief that God created the universe, because for me, this is something based on intuition and a process of elimination because it can't be anything else.So basically you have nothing then.
Sorry Rayaan, but intuition doesn't cut it. Your personal subjective ideas and preferences dictate them, not what is objectively demonstrable within reality. You can't justify a belief with just an intuition alone. They can be wrong and consequently are downgraded to misjudgements as a result. You can hold irrational propositions that are known to be horribly false like "2 + 2 = 2", for example.
One can just as easily say they have a gut feeling the universe was dreamt up by a giant space whale, and this can be done without going through any thought-process, observation and/or reasoning.
And by 'process of elimination' I assume you're prepared to automatically rule out every other possibility for the current universe's existence in favour of your own particular brand of god-concept? How charming.
On what basis or standards do you reject other propositions as false yet assert your personal preference as true? Considering you're resorting to such weak logic by seeking to preserve your "justified" god belief regardless of whether it's true or not.
Until you actually present evidence "God did it" will remain a non-answer.