RE: Atheism, Evidence and the God-of-the-Gaps
June 14, 2015 at 1:12 am
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2015 at 1:12 am by Cyberman.)
(June 13, 2015 at 7:31 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Rather than argue from what we don’t know (or “God-of-the-gaps”), good arguments for theism take what we do know and show how it logically leads to the transcendent creator of the universe.
So, starting with your conclusion and then looking for ways to lead to it; as distinct from following the evidence where it leads.
If that's how you want to argue your case, then fine. Just be honest that that's what you're doing.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'