If God is a more complex hypothesis than evolution, then he has to shoulder an even greater burden in providing sufficient warrant for assent. But Aquinas already through of that. He asserts God's absolute simplicity.
Summa I:3,7 Reply to Objection 2. With us composite things are better than simple things, because the perfections of created goodness cannot be found in one simple thing, but in many things. But the perfection of divine goodness is found in one simple thing
God performs intelligent design of seven million species, listens to a billion prayers every night and decides which ones to answer, but he is simple.
Q. It's Friday night and Beccs has five beers.
Her friend Billy comes by and takes two beers.
What does each have after this exchange?
A. Beccs has five beers and Billy's head on a platter.
Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Genesis 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
A being with infinite knowledge cannot simultaneously have conditional knowledge. #atheism
To falsify the omnipresence of God, one need only demonstrate that God does not exist in at least one place.
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
#atheism
Leviticus 10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive...
Cares more about a goat than his own nephews. In case theists were wondering why #atheists call their Bible heroes goat-herders.
#Science never proves anything. It just keeps making more and more implausible, for example, the claim the sky is a sheet of hammered metal, until not even believers believe it anymore and they are reduced to telling us the Hebrew word for firmament (raqa) meant vapor all along.
Believer - "A rib-woman ate a magic fruit at the bidding of a talking snake, and now all her descendants will burn for eternity unless they use ESP to tell the invisible son of a virgin that he should be their lord and savior."
#Atheist - "I don't believe it."
Believer - "That's crazy talk!"
Militant Muslim: Hijacks airline, crashes into the Pentagon
Militant Mormon: Mountain Meadows Massacre
Militant Jew: King David Hotel bombing
Militant Christian: 1996 Centennial Park bombing
Militant #Atheist Writes bestsellers, goes on lecture circuit
God: The fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is fatal within 24 hours. Do not eat it."
Satan: "The fruit will not kill within twenty-four hours, and moreover, it's brain food."
Eve: "Somebody is lying. I'm going to run human trials, with Adam as a control group to rule out any sex-based differences."
Satan (more than twenty-four hours later): "What did you find out?"
Eve: "It's harmless brain food, just like you said."
Satan: "Is Adam okay?"
Eve: "He's fine. He'll probably live to be more than nine hundred."
#atheism
Theist: "The first thing that existed in the universe was an intelligent, powerful being who created everything else by speaking it into existence."
Atheist: "I don't believe you."
Militant Fundamentalist Atheist: "No, seriously, I don't believe you." #atheism
Atheist: "God told Adam and Eve they would die the very day they ate the forbidden fruit."
Believer: "They didn't die according to the flesh. But they did die spiritually."
Atheist: "Jesus told his followers they would live to see the Son of Man return to Earth."
Believer: "The Son of Man didn't return to Earth according to the flesh. But he did return to Earth spiritually." #Atheism
#Nehemiah 13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
I admit I married a strange wife, but she did too.
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