(May 28, 2013 at 11:41 am)Drew_2013 Wrote: Yet you assume mindless, lifeless forces came into existence somehow and caused a universe with life and mind yet you can't demonstrate how such occurred.
Mind/matter duality is the biggest problem with a physical monism. Nobody can really explain why it is that mechanical interactions between particles lead to subjective awareness, rather than simple "dumb" processing of data. Some will argue that consciousness is just a natural byproduct of organized matter-- but that amounts to a physicalist "Goddidit"-- it's a non-answer that is interpreted as "Obviously, what we say is true, though there's no way to prove it."
The problem with theism comes down mainly to semantics, IMO. If you define God as an active player of any type, then you have the BOP and will fail to meet it. If you define God based on observable properties of the universe, like some types of organization, or like the existence of mind, then people will wonder why you want to use such a loaded word-- God.