(March 16, 2018 at 9:50 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(March 16, 2018 at 6:22 pm)Jehanne Wrote: You seemed to imply that because Professor Hawking was not a "good philosopher", that his research in cosmology was not relevant to the atheist viewpoint.
In short, Hawking said that his research led him to conclude that it was not necessary to believe that a god (or gods) created the Universe any more than it was necessary to believe that planets and stars move because there are angels (or other invisible beings) who are pushing them.
Like I said, philosophy wasn’t his strong suit. I find this to be fairly common, among those who publically scoff at philosophy. Quite the shock...I know! And if that is representive of his view of religion, then I would dare say he had a poor and naive grounding in that area as well.
Oh knock it off.
Stupid arguments like yours are why I wish atheists would not fucking give "philosophy" one minute of attention.
LABS cannot be beat, method cannot be beat, testing and falsification cannot be beat. THAT is why he came to that conclusion.
Your religion is a "philosophy" his conclusion was based on a METHOD, you your bullshit mere mental masturbation.
You cant prove your sky wizard in a lab, neither can Jews or Muslims, nor is Thor required to explain the cause of lightening.
YOU HAVE NOTHING.
Believing in magic babies with super powers is not a evidence of jack shit.