(June 14, 2015 at 1:12 am)Stimbo Wrote:(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.
That's not what Horn said. He suggests that we can start with what we know to be true - for example, of the material universe - and argue from that point that a Creator must exist.
This is precisely what the Apostle Paul did in his letter to the Romans:
Romans 1:19-20
what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
This is not exclusive to Christianity, of course. Even the ancient philosophers were able to reason their way past the pantheon of the gods to arrive at a belief in a single creator.
