RE: Atheism and the existence of peanut butter
October 3, 2021 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2021 at 4:09 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(October 3, 2021 at 3:53 pm)Klorophyll Wrote:(October 3, 2021 at 3:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Dude, ya can't just point at a pretty fish and declare it evidence of God.
Actually, I can. The appearance of design is why the vast majority of people believe in God. If you think evolution is a valid defeater to design, you still have to rule out theistic evolution/guided evolution.
(October 3, 2021 at 3:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: you can move on to try demonstrating why bone cancer in children is evidence for God.
Is bone cancer an exception, or the state of the majority of children in the world? I want a clear answer.
Do you think it makes sense to make inference from exceptions, and not from the health status of the majority who don't have bone cancer?
Appearance of design is not the same as evidence for design.
The prevalence of pediatric bone cancer is irrelevant. If your pretty fish is evidence that the the universe was designed by God, then there is nothing that is not evidence of God.
Ooo’s a squirmy boy? Kloro’s a squirmy boy, yezzum is. Good boy!!
Your edit: ‘Mundane’ also carries the meaning of ‘prosaic’, ‘temporal’, ‘secular’, etc. A mundane explanation dispenses with God by making it superfluous and unnecessary.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson