The Alleged Divine Requirement of Math.
Is it just me or have apologetic arguments become more vague and confusing than ever before? I�ve been seeing the claim that atheism can�t account for the laws of logic and mathematics because they need a foundation in the divine. Upon asking the apologist why they think this is so, the responses vary. Most often they say something about logic and math working on faith because we can�t show why they work. In their minds, this makes atheists have faith in something thereby putting theists and atheists on equal ground. In their minds, it actually gives them a 1-up on atheists in that they can define a source for their faith...which just so happens to be what they have faith in, God--thus showing that their minds need more regular maintenance. This is where we can offer a tune-up. Math works. I need no faith that math works, I can show that math works. This is evidential, which is right in the unfaithful�s wheelhouse. I don�t even know how to classify the argument that the...