RE: The Case for Atheism
May 13, 2013 at 1:24 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2013 at 1:26 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
Quote: I'll speak for myself,Ahhh! Who are you? nevermind...
Quote: to be intellectually satisfied that we are not the result of a personal agent who caused and designed the universe and our existenceYou would need something other than you not having any justification for even suggesting such a claim, as it does not correlate with truth, experience and is not otherwise logically grounded?
Quote: I would want to have reason to believe some other non-God cause is as feasibleHUH? I'm gonna need you to explain how you have a particular knowledge of a particular God, and therefore have a particular knowledge about the sorts of things IT normally produces by which you must base this "feasibility" on. I presume that you can explain all of this right? If you have NONE...there is absolutely nothing "feasible" about it. It is not a logically grounded supposition, and is actually...unfeasible, and illogical. If you have no basis for that which a God can be credited for "creating", you have no grounds to insert it as a conclusion!
Quote:and as likely to account for our existenceHow likely would you say such a claim is? 50/50? You seem to be avoiding the shadow of probability that blurs your assessment. Your claim is no more grounded than a person claiming they have a unicorn in their pocket. Improbable claims of all sorts can be rightly dismissed on the same grounds. A more intelligent approach would be to just say...There's an answer to the questions I have...I don't know what it is...and because I do not know anymore than anyone else, it would be impossible for me to invoke an answer, and then arbitrarily assign it any value of feasibility. I don't know what it is, but I also have ZERO reason to believe in this thing called "God", whatever it is...and so...I just don't know, but am open to new information that is grounded in reality and correlates with truth and verifiable experience.
Quote: I would want to have reason to believe some other non-God cause is as feasible and as likely to account for our existenceAHHH!!...lol, I'm really not trying to bust your balls here, but this statement is loaded with absurdity and contradictions. You never had a reason to use the word "God", you have no understanding or proof that such a thing exists or even what it could be, and yet you have no problem with accepting "it" as a super-natural, intelligent agent??...But, because NOBODY KNOWS...You are not obliged to throw in with the lot that admits it, but would rather make incredulous claims of Gods and their feasibility? I'm afraid you have a LOT of explaining to...starting with what reasons that any God theory is any more feasible than a celestial teapot.