Quote Originally Posted by Columcille View Post
I figured as much. I am compelled to believe in those arguments when they are combined. Alternative views for God's (or gods) non-existence tends to be a negation of the above arguments and from the abductive approach of curiousity and awe of the world from a child, I believe some people "grow up" to loose such awe by their mentors and by their lusts (wether it be the error of spirituality like the Stoics--where temptations are within the soul, pride, dispair, and distrust as opposites of the theological virtues--or of the Epicureans who followed the whims of fleshly desire).
I am careful never to say, 'there is no god'. I prefer that the burden of proof remain with the christian (or whatever), which is where it belongs.
By putting all the theories together, the sum is still equal to its parts. Mix it anyway you want to, but without evidence its just wishful thinking.