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  1. […] I address Paley’s teleological argument head on in an article called Flaws in Paley’s Teleological Argument. But instead of just pointing out that evolution explains things well enough without appealing to […]

  2. Alex Lasco

    I came across your site by looking for predicate logic, and ended up reading a little bit about God :)
    Thank you for being open and honestly sharing your journey.
    I like thinking deeply about metaphysical questions myself.

    Q: As a philosopher, do you accept that one’s presuppositions/worldview interprets the evidence around?
    Q: Are you a naturalist/materialist philosophically? What is your argument for this position?
    Q: What do you believe laws logic & mathematics, and abstractions are? How does one account for the existence of these entities?
    Q: What do you believe about the existence of the universe?
    Q: Where do you think the universe come from, or is this even a valid question to ask given the cause-effect principle?
    Q: What evidence is there for an infinite universe? Does it make scientific sense?
    Q: What do you believe about the Big Bang hypothesis and the universe have a finite existence, hence a beginning? A number of world renowned cosmologists like Vilenkin, Guth (Vilenkin/Guth theorem about the finiteness of our universe), Hawking, Penrose (Hawking/Penrose theorems about the beginning of the universe).

    Thank you

    • As a philosopher, do you accept that one’s presuppositions/worldview interprets the evidence around?

      I don’t understand what that is asking. Taking it literally, interpretation is done by people, not by ideas.

      Are you a naturalist/materialist philosophically? What is your argument for this position?

      I assume it, because it makes sense and hasn’t been disproven to my satisfaction.

      What do you believe laws logic & mathematics, and abstractions are? How does one account for the existence of these entities?

      See my post Matt Slick’s Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence for details on that.

      What do you believe about the existence of the universe?

      I believe it exists, and its existence is less improbable than that of a deity capable of creating a universe. So, I don’t think a deity is a likely explanation for why there is a universe. See Must We Presuppose God to Account for Existence? for further details.

      Where do you think the universe come from, or is this even a valid question to ask given the cause-effect principle?

      I don’t have a clue.

      What evidence is there for an infinite universe? Does it make scientific sense?

      I assume it is not infinite, though I don’t know. In favor of it being infinite, it is bigger than we can measure or detect.

      What do you believe about the Big Bang hypothesis and the universe have a finite existence, hence a beginning? A number of world renowned cosmologists like Vilenkin, Guth (Vilenkin/Guth theorem about the finiteness of our universe), Hawking, Penrose (Hawking/Penrose theorems about the beginning of the universe).

      I generally assume there was a big bang, but I’m not as convinced of it as I am of evolution. I know that the electric universe theory doesn’t accept that the big bang happened, and this theory, unlike creationism, is held by actual scientists and is not motivated by religious beliefs.

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