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Originally Posted by Davidius  What is the "Uniformity of Nature" that we rely on for induction? |
"The future will resemble the past"
It's the reason you didn't expect your toothbrush to turn into a gila monster this morning
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Originally Posted by Davidius Induction is just as much a problem for us as it is for the Atheist. |
How so? I've talked to a bunch of atheists that say the same thing...but they simply appeal to miracles...and then I explain what a miracle is...then they go back to the straw man they constructed...I have yet to see a persuasive argument demonstrating what you (or they) assert.
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Originally Posted by Davidius Furthermore, even if your premises are granted, the assertion that "something cannot come from nothing" is not even a testable hypothesis. Since induction requires observation, the validity of induction has no bearing on it. If the concept is a "baseless assertion," then so is our assertion of God's existence, since we can prove neither. |
Our assertion about God existing is not baseless because He is the necessary precondition for things like deduction and induction to be intelligible. It can be "proven", but then we have to discuss what constitutes "proof"...I don't think proof is limited to what is observational.