I agree that comparing evidence of gravity with what is offered for the existence of "God" is unfair. One is observable, testable, repeatable, describable, measurable; the other... isn't.
As I type this, my keyboard is sitting on the desk in front of me more or less where I left it. Every time I hit a key, let's say the letter M, it appears to type out the same character each and every time, wothout fail. MMMMmmmMmmmMmmmmMmm. See? Goes like a bomb. It's also slightly arousing, in its own way.
The really interesting thing is that I don't even have to look at the key to know that it will do that. MmMm. There it goes again. I don't need to presuppose that hitting that key will suddenly cause my PC to turn into a teapot or a naked lady. Now the question is: is this a 'naturalistic' keyboard that will never do that, or a 'supernaturalistic' one that has only happened to behave naturalistically so far?
Or to put it another way: "You can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways."
(August 3, 2014 at 9:38 am)frasierc Wrote: If you've presupposed that only naturalist explanations of the world are valid - of course you're going to conclude there is no evidence for the existence of God. But to show this assumption is valid you need to present evidence why naturalism is true - otherwise it doesn't prove anything its just begging the question.
As I type this, my keyboard is sitting on the desk in front of me more or less where I left it. Every time I hit a key, let's say the letter M, it appears to type out the same character each and every time, wothout fail. MMMMmmmMmmmMmmmmMmm. See? Goes like a bomb. It's also slightly arousing, in its own way.
The really interesting thing is that I don't even have to look at the key to know that it will do that. MmMm. There it goes again. I don't need to presuppose that hitting that key will suddenly cause my PC to turn into a teapot or a naked lady. Now the question is: is this a 'naturalistic' keyboard that will never do that, or a 'supernaturalistic' one that has only happened to behave naturalistically so far?
Or to put it another way: "You can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways."
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'