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Originally posted by Griggsy

Zorathruster has a neat point. I refer y'all to my thread natural morality- the presumption of humanism.
Morality should be conducive to the human good, not centered on what people say is the divine command. It needs no divine policeman to get people to do good.

Originally posted by Griggsy

The ultimate naturalist argument is the empirical one: no evidence exists for God. I contend that theists misinterpet evidence instead of proffering it.
The fine-tuning-strong anthropic argument- contends that God set the parameters of the Cosmos, but as Carneades' atelic argument notes, that begs the question. As the products of necessity- natural selection and randomness [ as far as intent for our benefit concerns itself] -nothing pre-ordained us to evolve as the Coyne-Mayr-Lamberth

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Originally posted by Griggsy

None can vouch for the Tanakh and the Testament. Indeed, archaeologists and historians and scientists find it quite wrong. Oh,and any message about salvation is irrational!
We rationalists mock a square circle. Study the thread arguments about God.

And now, to show I am remarkably even handed ...

Science marches on

Science has been the most spectacular success story of human endeavour. It is the most reliable way of gaining an increasingly accurate view of our physical universe. Science has led us from the darkness of fear and superstition into the sunshine of testable knowledge. Look how far we have come. What wonders await us in our future?

Science, like everything else, began with the Greeks ...