Comments on: Does the Anthropic Principle indicate a Creator? http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/ A guide from an ex-Christian to Bible errors, Bible contradictions, Bible atrocities, etc... as well as general problems with Christian beliefs Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:57:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: capella http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-66956 capella Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:35:38 +0000 http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/#comment-66956 Of course no one would normally be surprised by a weed and of course the whole world isn't literally a stage and of course Jesus wasn't literally a loaf of bread. I think Marcus' 'weed in the path' is an excellent metaphor and that metaphors are very useful in conveying concepts. Also to say we 'cannot know' smacks of a logical fallacy known as a special pleading. I could just as easily claim that hyperintelligent invisible teddy bears are ruling the earth and 'stupid' humans will never be able to understand or detect them. Of course no one would normally be surprised by a weed and of course the whole world isn’t literally a stage and of course Jesus wasn’t literally a loaf of bread.

I think Marcus’ ‘weed in the path’ is an excellent metaphor and that metaphors are very useful in conveying concepts.

Also to say we ‘cannot know’ smacks of a logical fallacy known as a special pleading. I could just as easily claim that hyperintelligent invisible teddy bears are ruling the earth and ’stupid’ humans will never be able to understand or detect them.

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