Re: No God = No Universe.
I believe there are issues to be dealt with in sequence:
Burden of Proof
Who has the burden of proof ? The person who claims the existence of a God must surely bear the burden of proof. Pointing to the universe and the nature of things is simply pushing the burden of disproof onto the very person you wish to convince.
It's only when you have successfully discharged your burden of proof that you can then call upon your opponent to disprove. In attributing whatever that is nature to the invisible hands of an invisible God is a mere assertion without evidence whatsoever. One does not have to disprove an assertion because an assertion being just an assertion carries no weight.
God or Gods ?
Even if I'm somehow convinced that nature is the product of some invisible supernatural beings, I cannot be sure that it's effort of One God, as in Jewish, Muslim and Christian beliefs, or that of many gods, as Taoist and Hinduism would have you believe.
The Christian God
Even if I'm somehow convinced that there is only One God, I too cannot be sure that the One God is your Christian God.
Yesh. No universe, no earth. No earth, no living things. So, where did the universe comes from ? All three must exist for the present world to exist. For each failure is a failure to everything.
I believe there are issues to be dealt with in sequence:
Burden of Proof
Who has the burden of proof ? The person who claims the existence of a God must surely bear the burden of proof. Pointing to the universe and the nature of things is simply pushing the burden of disproof onto the very person you wish to convince.
It's only when you have successfully discharged your burden of proof that you can then call upon your opponent to disprove. In attributing whatever that is nature to the invisible hands of an invisible God is a mere assertion without evidence whatsoever. One does not have to disprove an assertion because an assertion being just an assertion carries no weight.
God or Gods ?
Even if I'm somehow convinced that nature is the product of some invisible supernatural beings, I cannot be sure that it's effort of One God, as in Jewish, Muslim and Christian beliefs, or that of many gods, as Taoist and Hinduism would have you believe.
The Christian God
Even if I'm somehow convinced that there is only One God, I too cannot be sure that the One God is your Christian God.