(February 7, 2017 at 4:47 pm)Lek Wrote:(February 4, 2017 at 5:19 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Some say that we should reject polytheism because Occam's Razor says that "we ought not to multiply entities beyond necessity" (or, something like that). But, if we are going to reject polytheism via Occam's Razor, why shouldn't the same argument apply to theism or deism? After all, if naturalism offers plausible explanations for everything (including, "Why there is something rather than nothing?" Answer: The Cosmos is beginningless and endless), why, per Occam's Razor, appeal to anything beyond naturalism which would be to "multiply entities beyond necessity?"
I don't care what Occam's Razor or any other philosophy says. I just want to know God, whether he exists as one or as many gods. Naturalism doesn't offer plausible explanations for everything, so I can't fall back on it for answers to all my questions. If someone is healed overnight from a terminal disease I can think that even though science can't explain it there is a natural explanation that we haven't discovered yet, which is one possible explanation. I can also think that there might be a supernatural explanation and pursue that, but I'm not going to limit myself to not exploring all avenues.
Just curious, what do you think there is that naturalism cannot explain?
