The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138411   Message #3173627
Posted By: Bill D
20-Jun-11 - 10:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Science under attack.
Subject: RE: BS: Science under attack.
Hmmm... that's not exactly enough to answer about... If this god met my approval, it would be because he made sense and was able to explain why he does what he does...whatever that is.

Now... since I can't even comprehend or imagine how anything powerful or clever enough to "create the Universe" would interact with me...or any humans, I can't say how I would react if one tried. As it stands now, *IF* I were convinced it WAS a real 'god', I would want to talk & ask questions...NOT 'worship'. I can't imagine that an entity of that sort would care about being worshiped!

So...you see how hypotheticals can make it tricky to even discuss things?

I have posted many times the logical truism: "From false premises, anything follows.". The relevant corollary here is: "If a lot of strange and contradictory assertions are being made, it may indicate that some false premises were inserted at some point." You cannot 'prove' a negative...so no one can state definitively that there is no god....but you can show that not all assertions about 'possible' god-features can be true at the same time. It's what a court would call 'circumstantial evidence'.

I totally see WHY humans have felt the need for answers and have thought that some 'higher power' was involved in their lives.....in fact, I can't imagine how we could have evolved any other way. I just feel that we need to temper the urge to theology with more reasoning. We can still be in awe of the totality of the Universe and have deep concern for each other without relying on some 'higher power' to explain it to us.

It ain't easy growing up...and I feel like the human race is barely into adolescence.