tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post5281548844975375977..comments2024-03-27T09:11:00.450-04:00Comments on Incinerating Presuppositionalism: Craig’s Eight Arguments for God, Part II: “God is the best explanation why anything at all exists”Bahnsen Burnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030029491768748360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-19495381143944152622015-03-12T20:54:24.758-04:002015-03-12T20:54:24.758-04:00Hi Ydemoc,
Thanks for pointing that out. Way back...Hi Ydemoc,<br /><br />Thanks for pointing that out. Way back when I had two tapes featuring Peikoff battling the "best arguments for God" or some such title. Sounds like the same thing. Yes, there should be a second one.<br /><br />I remember being really excited to get those, but I was a little disappointed because he didn't get really deep into the matter. He kept it rather simple for the "lay listener" I guess, and I was looking for something much more penetrating. But still the exchanges were interesting, and Peikoff does make some good points as I recall.<br /><br />Yes, if "universe" means <i>everything</i> that exists, then the notion of "outside the universe" is simply incoherent. This is very straightforward, but I've encountered a lot of people whose mentality is so fractured and compartmentalized that they just can't grasp it. It's as though their minds are broken. Sad.<br /><br />Regards,<br />DawsonBahnsen Burnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030029491768748360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-22222515558329006122015-03-12T20:02:45.090-04:002015-03-12T20:02:45.090-04:00In case anyone is interested...
On peikoff.com th...In case anyone is interested...<br /><br />On peikoff.com they've posted a podcast of a 1999 recording of The Leonard Peikoff Show in which he analyzes the best arguments for the existence of God. <br /><br />Dr. Peikoff spends much of the time in this particular episode fielding calls from listeners and letting them give **their** best arguments for the existence of God. However, at time 26:30, he does respond to one caller's argument, saying, "When you talk about the universe as a whole, that means **everything**. And if it's **everything**, how can we possibly ask, 'Where did the **everything** come from?' -- because there's nothing outside of the **everything**."<br /><br />I get the sense that they will post a follow-up episode where Dr. Peikoff goes into more depth regarding these arguments. <br /><br />YdemocYdemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498165330193613762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-4346041052612776352015-03-12T11:37:55.554-04:002015-03-12T11:37:55.554-04:00Existence is metaphysically necessary in the sense...Existence is metaphysically necessary in the sense that for there to be a state of affairs at all, existence has to exist. There is no such metaphysical state of affairs as Non-Existence, for in order for Non-Existence to be a metaphysical state of affairs, that metaphysical state of affairs would have to exist. There is no such thing as a possible world where nothing exists; non-existence negates the very notion of a world. A possible world -- or state of affairs -- where nothing exists is a contradiction.David Barwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078912689141078313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-57241759415972692112015-03-11T13:17:58.004-04:002015-03-11T13:17:58.004-04:00"One would only need to “explain” existence i..."One would only need to “explain” existence if one starts with non-existence, and yet there is no conceptually sound reason for doing this. Existence exists."<br /><br />Poetically stated! Looking forward to devouring the rest when I have time.David Barwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078912689141078313noreply@blogger.com