Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Stenger's reply to WL Craig

Over on Debunking Christianity is a long piece quoting Victor Stenger in a debate with William Lane Craig. I find these arguments crisp and persuasive. They address just about all the arguments theists advance for the existence of a spiritual world and a supreme being.

Here's the summary of his points:

1. The traditional attributes of God are self-contradictory. Such a God cannot exist.

2. The traditional attributes of God are incompatible with objective facts about the world. Such a God cannot exist.

3. Natural explanations are superior to supernatural explanations. No basis exists for anything supernatural.

4. The traditional attributes of God imply actions that should be objectively observed, but are not.

It is possible to hypothesize a God whose attributes are logically compatible with each other. But, it does not follow that such a God exists unless it has objectively observable consequences. No such consequences have been observed.

If God exists, where is he?

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