Well they have to exist somewhere don't they? I see no reason to believe every apostate actually knows it, or takes the possibility seriously.
Seriously though, its impossible to argue with dead authors. ... I don't mind talking with people, but I can't talk with dead authors who supposedly know the mind of The Creator.
Well how would you qualify said authors on the chance they did?
I have no problem if you want to start with natural law, but you don't get to jump off the trolley if it goes farther than you like... at least not with any pretense of integrity.
"Well how would you qualify said authors on the chance they did?"
I used the word "supposedly". I'm allowing for them knowing the mind of God or not knowing equally. But most Believers won't budge on this at all. So when I have a discussion with them about something like homosexuality, they keep quoting the bible as if it is the beginning and end of all Truth. I'm suggesting that it might not be, that there may be more to the mind of God than the bible.