RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 20, 2015 at 12:18 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2015 at 12:22 pm by robvalue.)
The problem I'm seeing is a common one. Theists refer to science and scientists as an authority whenever it supports their narrative. But as soon the science/scientist contradicts their narrative, we are told they are just wrong. Supernatural explanations are arbitrarily inserted instead with no justification, without considering any other current or future possible natural explanation.
If I give you some sort of initial intelligent creator for free, I'd love to know how any theist disregards the entire infinity of possibly deistic creators, and then narrows down the infinity of possible interventionist creators to a handful of story book characters. Why is it sensible to assume any book just happens to have information about a god lying around in it? Especially as a deistic God would obviously not do this at all.
Then of course, even if the God was somehow actually responsible for the communication, that doesn't mean it's correct either. Presumably gods can deceive us.
If I give you some sort of initial intelligent creator for free, I'd love to know how any theist disregards the entire infinity of possibly deistic creators, and then narrows down the infinity of possible interventionist creators to a handful of story book characters. Why is it sensible to assume any book just happens to have information about a god lying around in it? Especially as a deistic God would obviously not do this at all.
Then of course, even if the God was somehow actually responsible for the communication, that doesn't mean it's correct either. Presumably gods can deceive us.
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