RE: Personal relationships with deities
October 13, 2015 at 11:58 am
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2015 at 11:59 am by Edwardo Piet.)
It's explained well in easy to understand English... what's the problem?
He's saying that when theists fail to meet the burden of proof that isn't an excuse for them to not bother with meeting it at all. Just because they can't meet it doesn't mean they shouldn't bother with it and it's ridiculous when they confuse the two.
And I think that when you fail to live up to standards that means exactly that: you've failed to live up to standards - moving the goalposts and deciding that rationality isn't a requirement is deluded and and disingenuous.
He's saying that when theists fail to meet the burden of proof that isn't an excuse for them to not bother with meeting it at all. Just because they can't meet it doesn't mean they shouldn't bother with it and it's ridiculous when they confuse the two.
And I think that when you fail to live up to standards that means exactly that: you've failed to live up to standards - moving the goalposts and deciding that rationality isn't a requirement is deluded and and disingenuous.