RE: God is so quiet
February 7, 2018 at 9:40 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2018 at 9:53 pm by GrandizerII.)
(February 7, 2018 at 9:37 pm)SteveII Wrote:(February 7, 2018 at 9:11 pm)Cyberman Wrote: That we don't know everything doesn't come close to meaning that we know nothing at all, nor does it mean we get to make up stuff and then try to retrofit it into reality.
If "God" is the best explanation for why anything at all exists, and you are positing that "God" exists, what is the best explanation for why "God" exists?
If God exists, he does so necessarily (as in could not have been otherwise). Because of this, it makes no sense to ask what it the explanation of God. Either he always did exist or he does not. The question is: are there reasons to think that God does exist? I gave three categories of reasons. Incontrovertible proof? No. Reasons? Yes.
And if the universe/cosmos exists, it does so necessarily (it could not have been otherwise, especially if we include multiverses in the picture). We have clear evidence the universe exists. God, on the other hand, we have virtually nil evidence of.
Inductive arguments, by the way, doesn't mean you can invoke entities out of nowhere.
