Problems of Theism
(an interacting God with
specific properties)
·
Unreliability of
inner feeling
Cultural/familial
specificity of ‘deeply felt truths known only to the mind’ renders it
unreliable. Mutual incompatibility of religions. On chance alone expect yours
to be wrong.
·
Unreliability of
scripture
Historical
unreliability and errors of holy books. Chinese whispers.
·
Incoherence
Theodicy/
Evil God Hypothesis, Inconsistent triad, Free will – Omniscience
Problems of Deism
(a non-interacting,
mathematician/physicist creator)
·
Fallacy of
composition, re: ‘first cause’
·
Unfalsifiability
Eg.
Russell’s Teapot
Religion is comforting for
some people, but that doesn’t make it true.
It was humanity’s first
attempt at philosophy and science, to try and understand an emotionally
difficult world.
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