If we trust in our own superhuman potential, then shouldn’t we also trust that we have a compassionate creator?

The New God Argument by Latter-day Saint Lincoln Cannon argues that superhumanity probably created our world. The argument is as follows:

Faith Assumption

F1. Humanity will not become extinct before evolving into superhumanity (assumption)

Compassion Argument

CO1. EITHER humanity probably will become extinct before evolving into superhumanity

OR superhumanity probably would not have more decentralized power than humanity has

OR superhumanity probably would be more compassionate than we are (assumption)

CO2. superhumanity probably would have more decentralized power than humanity has (assumption)

CO3. superhumanity probably would be more compassionate than we are (deduction from CO1, CO2, and F1)

Creation Argument

CR1. EITHER humanity probably will become extinct before evolving into superhumanity

OR superhumanity probably would not create many worlds emulating its evolutionary history

OR superhumanity probably created our world (assumption)

CR2. superhumanity probably would create many worlds emulating its evolutionary history (assumption)

CR3. superhumanity probably created our world (deduction from CR1, CR2, and F1)

God Conclusion

G1. BOTH superhumanity probably would be more compassionate than we are

AND superhumanity probably created our world (deduction from CO3 and CR3)

– Lincoln Cannon – The New God Argument

What valid objections are there to this argument?

See:

• Lincoln Cannon – The New God Argument

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