re: #226 Ian G.

Exactly. For example (and I think it was covered here back when it first appeared), there’s this crap:

foxnews.com

This drivel isn’t intended to convince an atheist that God exists, it’s intended to keep the wingnuts comfortable that they’re right and the meanie atheists are wrong. Points 1 and 2 are almost onto something, while points 3, 4, and 5 are just pathetic.

1. God provides the best explanation of the origin of the universe. Given the scientific evidence we have about our universe and its origins, and bolstered by arguments presented by philosophers for centuries, it is highly probable that the universe had an absolute beginning. Since the universe, like everything else, could not have merely popped into being without a cause, there must exist a transcendent reality beyond time and space that brought the universe into existence. This entity must therefore be enormously powerful. Only a transcendent, unembodied mind suitably fits that description.

so, this ‘entity’, like the universe, and everything else, “could not have merely popped into being without a cause”, either - wouldn’t you agree?

and what is your explanation of the origin of this “enormously powerful” entity, the, um, “transcendent, unembodied mind”?