RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2013 at 5:43 pm by genkaus.)
(July 13, 2013 at 2:48 pm)Consilius Wrote: The cause of all things is not a material thing itself. That is yet another qualification for the cause of the universe.
Irrelevant. Material or not, it is a thing and therefore, by your own premise, must have a cause.
(July 13, 2013 at 2:48 pm)Consilius Wrote: All natural forces are caused, along with everything else,
That is as yet unproven.
(July 13, 2013 at 2:48 pm)Consilius Wrote: and therefore, the cause of the universe muct be supernatural, or not subject to the laws of nature, for the reason that this cause instituted the laws of nature itself.
That would be true only if you can first prove that everything must have a cause except for a particular supernatural thing. Otherwise all this amounts to is baseless assertion.
(July 13, 2013 at 3:34 pm)Consilius Wrote: I'm sorry, but did you think that the atheist argument is a rollercoaster of new surprises?
Or that theism stands helpless in the face of the irrefutability of atheism?
Or that Christianity is a cult of deluded slaves that don't know what they're talking about?
No, yes and yes.