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
Believers claim that God can be proven to exist through logic. Before I go on, I must point out there’s no such thing as ‘the logic’. There are different forms of reasoning; Buddhists and Jains have their own, so why does a claimant choose this logic over the other forms? Putting all that aside, here … Read more
One of the most common arguments for god is the link to our free will. Without god, we can’t have free will and the ability to choose; instead, we are just automatons following the naturalistic script of determinism. I have many doubts over this argument, as well as its implications. It starts with the overlooked … Read more
One argument for god follows the thread that because there are so many claims and evidence that god exists, it all fits together; the Cumulative case. However, whether or not all the arguments and evidence fit together is not the issue. What is mistaken here is the difference between the Coherence and Correspondence ideas of … Read more
‘In tune with the mysterious forces of the cosmos that believe there is nothing like millions of frustrating trial and error to give a species a moral fibre, in some cases even a backbone.’ Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. One of the biggest points of contention in the theist-atheist debate is morality. Both sides accept … Read more
This argument says that transient or contingent change of the world requires a non contingent source, a bedrock or substrate. Every contingent thing has an explanation of its existence. If the universe has an explanation of its existence. That explanation is a transcendent, personal being. Ambiguous There is a lot of begging the question here. … Read more