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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 02:40 PM
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3. Some people are more attuned to logical processes than others.
We can see that at work every day in our own lives. The logic of causation being involved in everything is a natural logic, I believe. Non-physical causation is a difficult logical concept. In fact, for many, it is an impossible concept. Something completely outside of natural processes, it seems, would have a difficult time influencing the real world, it can be argued.

Religionists have no problem with that logical difficulty, so they can ascribe unexplainable phenomena by simply saying "God did it." Atheists cannot accept the concept that an entity outside of the realm of natural processes can even exist, much less act on the natural environment.

It's a dilemma that cannot be discussed in a rational way, since supernatural entities are rejected by the atheist, but believed to exist in some way by religionists. It's a non-starter as a discussion, since the essential premises are rejected by both sides. So, what's the point?
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