tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post151102886824936702..comments2023-07-04T07:30:28.590-04:00Comments on Skeptic Mormon: The Teleological Argument for God's ExistenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-3156158301286984942016-01-16T21:59:56.169-05:002016-01-16T21:59:56.169-05:00Wow. It has been a long time since I've publis...Wow. It has been a long time since I've published any comments or replied to any. But I'm intrigued. How have I inadvertently demonstrated the thing I'm trying to take down? What obvious obscurities await at the end of my material metaphysics? Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407541616547727967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-30289883998897351962016-01-16T20:43:41.227-05:002016-01-16T20:43:41.227-05:00I'm joining this conversation very late, but I...I'm joining this conversation very late, but I have to point out that each of your arguments are fraught with the language of teleology: purpose, meaning, cause, etc. Without knowing it, you have inadvertently demonstrated the thing you are claiming to take down. <br /><br />In fact, if you follow to its logical end your materialist metaphysics you will conclude obvious absurdities. <br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-86420642536252543372011-12-31T07:28:31.080-05:002011-12-31T07:28:31.080-05:00Thanks MandaMommy for your comment. I can sympathi...Thanks MandaMommy for your comment. I can sympathize with where you are at in your faith journey since I remember feeling the same way just a few years ago. A universe without God can look pretty lonely and scary at first. Rebuilding a coherent worldview without God at the center can be disorienting at first. You have to figure out a lot of things about what you believe without anybody telling Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407541616547727967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-36363453665060846062011-12-31T00:04:37.890-05:002011-12-31T00:04:37.890-05:00Interesting analysis. I'm a Mormon-recently-t...Interesting analysis. I'm a Mormon-recently-turned-agnostic-atheist who is still processing my disenchantment with all things Mormon and I have to say that while I can't even make myself really believe in God anymore, my head wants to explode at the realities of the universe. The idea of God is actually easier for me at times. Life feels so fragile without it. (Even so, I still don'MandaMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511402868161964991noreply@blogger.com