Proof #47: irreducible complexity and the intelligent creator
- Did the complexity of life arise spontaneously, or did it require a creator?
Ben (speaker-0, named in the audio) reads proof #47 from godisimaginary.com, which claims the 'who created the creator' regress proves God is imaginary. The hosts rebut it: the site holds the 'creator' option to a standard it does not apply to its own 'nature created it' option, i.e. nature is allowed to simply exist while God is not. Discussion spins into evolution's agency problem (the giraffe's long neck), dinosaur-color claims on children's programs, and fossil-feather skepticism. The hosts call the proof weak and award it 'to the Lord'.
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Simeon's question: 'what made God?' and the case against scientism
- What made God? How can a being have no beginning?
Guest Simeon Clawson names his recurring faith question: what made God, and how can a mind process a being with no beginning?
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Why people ditch God
- Why do people ditch God?
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Dear LFTP: the significant other who hijacks every religious discussion
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A woman writes in that her significant other, nice in every other respect, injects sarcasm and hostility into any religion or spirituality discussion and always ends with 'show me proof.'
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News: Kentucky man's 'I'M GOD' license plate lawsuit
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