The actual point of the argument is one against atheism. We won't ever know whether the three points above are actually true. Despite this it seems like those three statements are a reasonable possibility for what the true status of the universe could be.
As such, there could be reason to think there is some sort of guiding force behind the universe, albeit, given the number of unknowns involved, we have no idea how to assess the likelihood. Thus, atheism requires a certain amount of faith that this situation (or a similar one) isn't the case, without any evidence either way. So to be completely and firmly atheist is very slightly irrational.
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Date: 2010-12-03 04:46 pm (UTC)As such, there could be reason to think there is some sort of guiding force behind the universe, albeit, given the number of unknowns involved, we have no idea how to assess the likelihood. Thus, atheism requires a certain amount of faith that this situation (or a similar one) isn't the case, without any evidence either way. So to be completely and firmly atheist is very slightly irrational.