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In accordance with Crabtree's Bludgeon, there are no limitations on just how ad hoc you can go with an argument.
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None. Nothing indicates that you even have to.
But cpt_pineapple, if the 'days' in genesis are literal, then the phenomenon of light seemingly billions of years old reaching us does require an appeal to 'God just did it that way, as he can since he's omnipotent'. I've heard it argued that the Genesis days MUST be literal since the association of a number with the word 'day' means it's literal.
You should have labeled the question 'creationists' insted of 'Theists'. Creationists must make this argument, but not all Theists do.
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You can go that far, but what would be your justification? If it is axiomatic that distance = rate x time and that light reaching us is therefore billions of years old, why would you say, "I can synchronize this by introducing the following distinctions...". ?
"You should have labeled the question 'creationists' insted of 'Theists'. Creationists must make this argument, but not all Theists do. "
sorry, I'm new here - I was sloppy with my terms.
Were I a creationist making that argument, my justification would be that the Bible is correct, thuse requiring a rethinking of reality. That's the whole point of ad hoc. Its justification is irrelevant.
Well said. Rational thought requires abandoning a conclusion and clinging to reality. Ad hoc thinking requires abandonging reality and clinging to the conclusion.
"Hitler burned people like Anne Frank, for that we call him evil.
"God" burns Anne Frank eternally. For that, theists call him 'good.'