Comments on: Burden of Demonstration http://www.anatheist.net/2008/06/burden-of-demonstration/ Atheism & Religious Skepticism Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ted Goas http://www.anatheist.net/2008/06/burden-of-demonstration/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Ted Goas Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:44:43 +0000 http://www.anatheist.net/?p=39#comment-196 <blockquote>if there is no creative intelligence responsible for existence, then all existence, life, mind, and reason itself are the result of mindless processess.</blockquote> Is this really so hard to believe? There doesn't HAVE to be some higher power at work for life to be created, as you note above. This argument has always baffled me. Our planet was in existence for millions, even billions of years before life (and intelligent life) as we know it appeared.

if there is no creative intelligence responsible for existence, then all existence, life, mind, and reason itself are the result of mindless processess.

Is this really so hard to believe? There doesn’t HAVE to be some higher power at work for life to be created, as you note above.

This argument has always baffled me. Our planet was in existence for millions, even billions of years before life (and intelligent life) as we know it appeared.

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