Throughout our conversations, I have been trying to prompt you into giving reasons for your belief. We are still on the topic of origins. You’re the one that wanted to talk about origins, so let’s talks about origins. You're really good at trying to change the topic. What you still need to do is show how the topic of origins strengthens your position. And don’t just say to me, “So you want to have a reason to believe in God? Great, then just close your eyes and THINK *origins* and there you’ll have it!” No, that won’t work. Show me your line of reasoning that takes you from talking about origins to your belief about God. Do you think the universe had a beginning? Well then you need an argument for that. Do you believe that everything that exists must have a cause? You need an argument for that.
I am trying to get you to probe deeper into these questions. These life events that you just described have undoubtably provoked your thinking, but they do not answer these questions. You have come to believe in certain things and perhaps you have some basic intuition about these matters. One thing that I want you to realize is that our intuitions do not alway give us a good representation of the world. Did you watch the Krauss lecture that I posted last time? I think he makes that pretty clear.
I'm not looking for a proof on your end-- just show me how you reason from point A to point B. How do you get to the God conclusion given your thoughts on origins? That's what I'm looking for. Then we can move on.
Let's continue with this. I'm sorry that it took me so long to post. I do enjoy doing this with you and hopefully we both get something out of it.
