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It is simply logically inconsistent to assert that there exists only one instantiation of the kind of being we call a deity, AND there exist lots of o...
October 28, 2016 at 20:32
But I am not arguing that there is no God. The argument I am addressing is simply Dawkins' challenge to the theist assertion that complexity entails a...
October 28, 2016 at 20:26
If there is equal justification for the existence of the monotheistic deity, and Zeus, and Lord Krishna, ... etc., and the existence of the monotheist...
October 28, 2016 at 20:09
If your explanation for the existence of the universe allows for the possibility and intelligibility of an "uncaused cause," then the universe itself ...
October 28, 2016 at 19:48
Been expecting the "God is simple" retort. Dawkins is challenging the claim that complexity entails a designer. IF the complexity of the universe enta...
October 28, 2016 at 19:07
But the argument Dawkins is challenging is the theist argument that complexity entails a designer. Thus, a complex design such as that of the universe...
October 28, 2016 at 18:50
I completely agree that there's a difference between an experience and one's interpretation of that experience. It is well-documented that a person's ...
October 28, 2016 at 18:31
I agree, Arkady. If the alleged Creator wasn't sufficiently complex enough, as Dawkins infers, to intend, understand, and possess the ability to creat...
October 28, 2016 at 17:58
Yes, I agree that what can be considered to be "evidence" at all, as well as whether or not such evidence is sufficient to warrant subscription to the...
October 28, 2016 at 17:05
Because the prevailing notion of God is monotheistic--the one and only actually existing deity. So, the mutual existence of the one and only God AND o...
October 28, 2016 at 15:35
Argument is simply providing reason that rational others should accept or reject some proposition. Persuasive reason normally consists in coherent log...
October 28, 2016 at 00:52
Pretty much. What we convey via language such as you've listed are human-brain constructs. The notion of a thing-in-itself is itself such a construct,...
October 27, 2016 at 23:58
How about: they are all human-brain-generated conceptualizations, that is, human-brain ways of seeing things, of understanding our interactions with t...
October 27, 2016 at 00:54