Thursday, September 20, 2012

Giving Bill O'Reilly His Due

People often point to this video and laugh at  Bill O:


Here is Bill O's basic argument:

1. The tides go in, the tides go out.
2. You can't explain that, never a miscommunication.
3. Therefore, God exists.

Now, this argument isn't valid. But is there something in here that can be used for theism? It seems that Bill O is talking about regularities that exist in the world. It seems that the existence of regularities are not at all surprising given theism, but are surprising given atheism. So "the tides go in and out" is evidence for theism over atheism. So, Bill O might have a future in philosophy. It is certainly a better line than the "who created god" objection.


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