Re: The logic of atheism

prabbit1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> What evidence do you have that no god of any type exists?

I'm gonna make two /very/ small stretches in answering your
rhetorical question.

The first is that all gods have as an essential property
some sort of supernatural characteristic. The second is that
``supernatural'' is merely a synonym for ``really, truly,
honestly, I really really mean it, no exceptions at all,
perfectly, absolutely, impossible.''

Sure, there're idols of all sorts--including most emperors from
history--but they're only worshiped as gods because of some
presupposed supernatural property. The idols are real, but their
godhead ain't.

As for the impossibility of the supernatural...well, all we have
to do is establish one truly universal and immutable natural law
to forever banish the supernatural. And nature is rife with
natural laws--all of math and logic, for starters. Even if we're
in some sort of Matrix-style simulation, the familiar laws of
physics, chemistry, quantum mechanics, etc., still apply; in that
situation, they'd just be ``reduced'' to logical rules, with the
``natural'' law being the logical impossibility of violating those
laws /without/ altering the simulation.

That's not to say that we've got a perfect understanding of
natural law, of course. It's a safe bet that the overwhelming
majority of what's currently classified as paranormal is pure
bull***...but it's also a safe bet that at least /something/
currently considered paranormal today is a real, misunderstood
phenomenon. Of course, if I only knew which is which....

So, yeah. No god of any type exists. Unless you'd care to offer up
how a god could still be a god without supernatural properties...?

Cheers,

b&

--
EAC Memographer
BAAWA Knight of Blasphemy
``All but God can prove this sentence true.''

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