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Best arguments for or against God's existence
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RE: Best arguments for or against God's existence
(May 21, 2019 at 8:16 pm)mcc1789 Wrote: What do you think? I'd lean toward maybe a cosmological or design argument for God's existence, and some incompatible properties argument in opposing it (e.g. God can't have free will plus omniscience). Or do you think no such arguments can be had, in either (maybe both) cases?

Why would anyone  "lean" or assume that a "design" argument is even required?

The universe was not "designed" like a a factory "designs" a product. It was not started buy a super cognition. 

It makes no sense to claim a "all powerful being" did it, or to even claim "all this" was put here for humans, knowing that the universe is 13.8 billion years old, and our planet in that time is only 4 billion years old. Not to mention since evolution began, the planet has had 5 mass extinction events, as to which 99% of prior life has gone extinct. And in that 4 billion years humans have only been around in our current form for 200,000 years and also of which we have only had writing for a mere 10,000 years. On top of that Science has really only exploded in speed of discovery in the past 200 years. 

Cockroaches and bacteria outnumber humans and have existed far longer. Seems a waste to me, to be an "all powerful" god, to waste all that material and time if humans are the center of the universe.

How about considering the obvious? There is no God, gods/deities or any super cognition. How about considering that god claims are merely a psychological reflection of human's desires in mythological form? Much like you can understand that a dog barking at it's own reflection in the mirror is confusing it's reflection for another separate dog?
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RE: Best arguments for or against God's existence - by Brian37 - May 21, 2019 at 8:29 pm

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