[general_re]

Hanging one's hat on the "Prime Mover" argument in refuting evolution certainly seems to be a popular argument any more. Pity it doesn't hold in and of itself, much less as a refutation of some other argument. Not to mention that it is a curious sort of "faith" that requires some variety of "proof" underlying it.

Regrettably, I have only one copy of Kierkegaard's "The Leap of Faith and the Limits of Reason", and am therefore loathe to donate it to the education of others...

[PatrickHenry]

Hanging one's hat on the "Prime Mover" argument in refuting evolution ...

Such "arguments" (including the 2nd law of thermodynamics and the phoney law of abiogenesis) when used by creationists are nothing more than jingles, or mantras, or incantations. Those who utter such "arguments" use them mindlessly. There's no substance, no relevance, no logical thread, no understanding, nothing. Abracadabra!

[beavus]

Regrettably, I have only one copy of Kierkegaard's "The Leap of Faith and the Limits of Reason", and am therefore loathe to donate it to the education of others...

Then you understand the futility of attempting to explain to others your knowledge of God. It cannot make sense with arguments or observations but only with a teleological connection between God and the individual.

If only creationists would accept Kierkegaard and stop contorting reason and observations with their backward arguments from conclusion, and selective skepticism.