On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote:
> Leibniz thought that everything needs a sufficient reason to exist as it > does. And we now know that Leibniz was DEAD WRONG about that, we now know that some things happen for no reason whatsoever. And in general that's the trouble with modern philosophers, they keep on quoting their ancient hero blissfully unaware of the developments made in physics or mathematics or biology that occurred in the last 400 years; they actually believe that scientific and mathematical illiteracy is no handicap in figuring out how the world works. > I don't know how to explain that by anything other than the the "God" > hypothesis. > So everything needs a reason to exist. EVERYTHING. And thus God is the total explanation for why there is something rather than nothing. Are you trying to tell us with a straight face that you don't see the logical flaw in that argument? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
