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Yes to Carneades and Hume; no to Meyer
Carneades' atelic argument that all teleological arguments fail, notes that Meyer begs the question in assuming directed outcomes.
The author of those two articles there also refutes the cosmological and ontological arguments.He thereby updates Hume.
Science itself defeats theism as Lamberth's teleonomic argument argues that as science finds no supernatural intent behind natural phenomena, to postulate divine intent then contradicts rather than complements science. Thus, theism is no more than reduced animism per Lamberth's reduced animism argument , and thus as superstitious as full animism with its many spirits or polytheism with its many gods.
The supposed intelligence thus affirms animism.
Theistic evolution is just an oxymoronic obfuscation.
The author of those two articles there also refutes the cosmological and ontological arguments.He thereby updates Hume.
Science itself defeats theism as Lamberth's teleonomic argument argues that as science finds no supernatural intent behind natural phenomena, to postulate divine intent then contradicts rather than complements science. Thus, theism is no more than reduced animism per Lamberth's reduced animism argument , and thus as superstitious as full animism with its many spirits or polytheism with its many gods.
The supposed intelligence thus affirms animism.
Theistic evolution is just an oxymoronic obfuscation.
Skeptics and healing-miracles,pt.2
When skeptics investigate those Vatican- approved cures, they find no miracles. Thus, the Vatican's experts use their faith-based minds to declare miracles! With increasing medical knowledge, there should emerge fewer alleged miracles.
Believers in the woo of miracles never produce evidence, perhaps misinterpretations of evidence. To defeat Hume's corollary on miracles to the presumption of naturalism, theists must give real evidence, not faith-based confirmation.
Follow-ups should occur to see how long the alleged cure lasts.
As rituals, faith-healing and exorcisms are constitutional but as medical claims, the law should ban them due to their harm.
Why would God provide miracles such as weeping statues when people are dying from evils? Why would He help a person find keys and yet lets millions die in wars?
Actually, miracles rank with claims of the paranormal: scientists have pressing matters to entertain ,not research on woo.
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