You can not argue for some truth about the universe by saying that it would be nice if it were true
said Dawkins, addressing William Lane Craig who was talking gibberish (as always), emphasizing something like (not quoting verbatimly) “if atheism is true, then we are doomed to death and that is where theism comes: we are promised eternal life“. And the above quote was where the disputation came down to and settled down.
What Dawkins said there was actually a philosophical razor. I paraphrase Dawkins’ Razor as follows:
Just because something sounds nice does not entail that it is true.
The Dawkins’ Razor clearly reveals what kind of baseless dictations religions are. “If god exists, then, there is eternal life. So, god exists.” Every promise that we hear from the frauds are very nice-sounding but unfortunately, just because they are nice did not necessitate that their promises to be true. That is what makes Dawkins’ Razor important and that is why theists should be educated on this one, just like William Lane Craig was educated by Richard Dawkins.

Leave a comment