The most current philosophical arguments for the existence of God?

[Roy (34-year veteran)]

@Tim

No. Computers also directly control airplanes, automobiles, nuclear reactors, etc – without the need for human “interpretation”. They are analogous to the naturalistic interpretation of human thought in that it involves nothing more than the interaction of “mindless” atoms, yet their results are generally deemed reliable – sufficiently reliable that every day millions of people place their lives in these computers hands.

The point is not whether computers form beliefs (an issue that is not relevant to the Argument from Reason), but whether relying on the interaction of “mindless” atoms renders a process unreliable – and nobody seems to have provided evidence on this latter point – those arguing for the Argument from Reason simply assume that it does.

“If mindless atoms control my [x], then I have no reason to trust them.”

[x] was originally ‘thoughts’, but could equally well be ‘parachute’, ‘self-driving car’, ‘ladder’, ‘central heating’, ‘watch’, ‘rain gauge’, and myriad other items for which no-one would hesitate to reject that claim. If it’s accepted for ‘thoughts’ it can only be because that claim was invented solely for convenience, and its validity is irrelevant.