(October 16, 2017 at 5:01 am)Ignorant Wrote: An infinite past is not a problem for theism. It would be a problem for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but it isn't a problem for theism.
I like the paper's arguments though. Well done.
What? No sorry, all human religions are inventions of humans and would and do all still beg the question.
Don't try to make excuses for any non Abraham religion. Watered down mythology/superstition are still just that.
I apply "that was then, this is now" worldwide to ALL our species religions in our entire history.
Please don't point to Hinduism or Buddhism or Jainism ect ect and think they are different, they are NOT.
Two books you should read if you have not.
Victor Stenger, "God The Failed Hypothesis"
AND
Victor Stenger, "The New Atheism".......<-----which also addresses the religions of Asia.
Our species was not the product of something divine, nor does bullshit superstitions like reincarnation explain anything.
The only reason ANY and all religions exist, is because humans gap fill and those made up answers do provide social structure, but they are not an explanation to scientific reality. Most of our 7 billion get handed the social norms of their parents BEFORE they can form critical thinking skills. I don't give any religion a pass on this. NOT ANY.
