RE: Q about arguments for God's existence.
June 20, 2015 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2015 at 4:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:The fact that anything in nature could came from nothing seems like it should be about on par with the fact that there is a supernatural element that does not *need* to come from something. (hence the "supernatural"... it defies the laws of nature)
One refers to that which is evident. The other does not. That's why they are not on par, though either could be equally wrong and neither being wrong makes the other right, nor would either being right make the other wrong.
The comparison is empty, valueless, useless.....meaningless.
The contention itself, "supernatural" -yada yada yada.... has no explanatory value, and no truth value -can be- attached to it. Here again, it differs from the other contention regarding the natural world...-regardless- of what the right answer to that question may be.
It is at least conceptually possible to establish one, the natural end, as a fact -even if we are currently wrong about that fact and many others-. It is not -possible- to establish the other as a fact, the supernatural end....-even if you are currently right-.
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