Thoughts on the debate between God believers and those who don’t.
A popular claim put forwards by apologists is without God, there is no Hope, Meaning and Purpose for our existence, meaning can only derive from God. Atheists see such an attitude as both condescending and a failure to understand. Theists assume other people are like them, with the same values, fears and hopes. Such ignorance … Read more
In the Atheist-Theist debate all this this arguing about god fails to see the larger question, one that gets lost in the furore. What is a philosophy for? What does it do for us? How do we use it? A further question could also be added, What is the Truth or wisdom we seek? As … Read more
This debate between the believer and non-believer points out the difference between not so much the answers offered but the question being asked. Theists think the question is, ‘Does a God exist? And they would answer ‘yes’. (Note that God is always their image of it.) But an Atheist sees the question as ‘Can we … Read more
It’s claimed by believers that God can be proven to exist through logic. Firstly there is the not inconsiderable question of what it means to exist; we’re left with the question of how logic makes metaphysical claims accurate in that they live. Furthermore, there is also the other issue of logic. There is no such … Read more
What’s often characteristic of many theists in their debate with non-believers is their faith in the ideas of Aristotle. Soon after Aristotle came, more thinkers espoused and expanded his ideas. Aquinas, for example, gave rise to Thomistic Christianity. Advocates will put Aristotle and his ideas forwards yet fail to prove he was correct, merely presupposing … Read more
Here are my doubts over the Free will argument for God. Automatic Behaviours First, we ignore that a lot of our behaviour is not through choice but automatic and habitual. Cherry-picking the behaviour seems free will, and ignoring the rest is confirmation bias. When we feel cold, which is uncomfortable, we seek another layer of … Read more