Some Questions for Atheists, Agnostics, Seculars, Theists and Deists
April 4, 2012 9 Comments
I am very curious about people’s suppositions about God(s), especially of those who reject the notion. What sort of god or gods would you find acceptable/tolerable? What sort of evidence would you consider valid evidence for the existence of this god-concept? (Remember, this absolutely need not be an ‘off the rack’ model – I want to know whatever you think.) Similarly, theists and deists, what sort of god concept do you think is the case and what would count as evidence against that god-concept?
In in the interest of disclosure, I’m an atheist, but there are days when I lean panendeist. What would count as evidence against this account? Honestly, I’m not entirely sure, but there are two probable answers. One, incontrovertible evidence of a miracle. Two, an account of the mind that convincingly eliminates all that functionally unspecifiable stuff (like qualia) and which gives a half-way decent account of intentionality.