Just trying to get a headcount here.
2007-11-11 08:26:08 · 18 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL. No. The exquisitely elegant Razor posits that when given two or more possible explanations for something, the simplest explanation is most likely to be the right one.
An omniscient omnipotent omniasskickin deity is 'way too complicated to work here.
2007-11-11 08:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
All things being equal the simplest solution is the correct one...I think there are many times when God is the straightforward answer to issues. But, you didn't give the problem/question that needs an answer. Yours is a sweeping generality. That is never the way to communicate things effectively. I'm pretty sure you are going to get blasted with lots of less than kind remarks in response.
Jesus Christ is the bottom-line answer to all the issues in my life. He is also my love, my friend, my provider, my healer, my counselor, my teacher, my everything. So I guess He may even be my Occam's Razor!
2007-11-11 08:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Occams Razor wasn't on my recommendations as quickly as I became an Atheist, in spite of the undeniable fact that it relatively is an extremely sensible thought for every day skepticism. The humorous factor approximately it relatively is that I distinctly doubt anybody right here could disagree with this thought, yet for some reason, Theist tend to brush aside it while it relatively is utilized to their faith. Why is that?
2016-10-16 03:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It absolutely is not. "god did it' makes a number of assumptions, and is in no way succinct. Sure, on the surface it is, but as an explanation it is not. It makes the assumption that God exists, and that s/he is able to do 'it'. It requires lengthy explanations about the nature of god and of man. This is not only a bad application of Occam's Razor, it isn't really one at all (IMHO)
Nice Q, doc.
Edit: OK, usually I try to answer my best in an attempt to maybe get BA. Mary-whatever-it-is gets this one. LOL. Anyone who can make and use words, and make them make sense, gets the BA. Been a long time since I laughed so hard out loud at my computer.
2007-11-11 08:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
thought this was kind of funny.....
"Considering that the razor is often wielded as an argument against theism, it is somewhat ironic that Ockham himself was a theist. He considered some Christian sources to be valid sources of factual data, equal to both logic and sense perception. He wrote, "No plurality should be assumed unless it can be proved (a) by reason, or (b) by experience, or (c) by some infallible authority"; referring in the last clause "to the Bible, the Saints and certain pronouncements of the Church" (Hoffmann 1997). In Ockham's view, an explanation which does not harmonize with reason, experience or the aforementioned sources cannot be considered valid."
2007-11-11 08:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry, but i think "God did it" is absolutely NOT a good application (use, answer) using the Occam's Razor principle.
2007-11-11 08:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
When it comes to spiritual beliefs, "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the right one." This question should be a keg of dynamite!!!
Will star the question, read the answers and count the up and down thumbs!
2007-11-11 08:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by KyLoveChick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me. The problem is, then one must assume that the most powerful and complex being that ever existed or ever will exist, predates everything else. That isn't the simplest explanation.
2007-11-11 08:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nice try - but you're mixing two paradigms....
it's seductive to say 'YES', but why is the God thing any simpler a 'scientific' explanation than any of the other?
"God did it" is a statement of Faith - and for me, God DID do it, but I don't think you can bring friar William of Ockham into it!
2007-11-11 08:31:45 · answer #9 · answered by Emma Jean 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
um.....no.
It's the contrary..
What? We're alive? We're multi-dimensional beings whose thoughts and actions affect our surroundings....we live in a HUGE space with other planets and suns in countless numbers.....
What's going on here?
- god did it.
- what?
- a supreme all-powerful being omnipotent....etc
- um...ok where did you get this from?
- a book in which he told a guy...
- um...ok, do you beleive him' What proof.....?
...
....
.....just, go away aight?.......
2007-11-11 08:38:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋