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minus-squarereilwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoHow does the existence of the universe serve as anything other than proof that the universe itself exists? It’s like somebody pointing at a random rock and claiming that because it’s there, a leprechaun must have put it there.
minus-squareHypnoctopus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·1 year ago“I don’t understand why it exists, so it’s gotta be god.” (Pronounced jod, btw)
minus-squareEnemyBattleCrab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThat’s pretty much it - the analogy used is if you find a stop watch in the wood, the stop watch doesn’t just appear out of thin air - someone must have placed it or dropped it there. Makes more sense then the ontological argument (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument) - God must exist because intrinsically something omnipotent must exists. It’s not quite the “You find prove to disprove my god” the comic paints Christian out to be.
How does the existence of the universe serve as anything other than proof that the universe itself exists?
It’s like somebody pointing at a random rock and claiming that because it’s there, a leprechaun must have put it there.
“I don’t understand why it exists, so it’s gotta be god.” (Pronounced jod, btw)
That’s pretty much it - the analogy used is if you find a stop watch in the wood, the stop watch doesn’t just appear out of thin air - someone must have placed it or dropped it there.
Makes more sense then the ontological argument (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument) - God must exist because intrinsically something omnipotent must exists.
It’s not quite the “You find prove to disprove my god” the comic paints Christian out to be.