Street Epistemology - Practice

[RoadRunner79]

I am very confident; I live my life as if it is true, and I believe that I would give my life for that belief, if the situation came about.

As to the evidence and reasons, I would refer you back to my post near the beginning of the conversation.  With the number of different lines of evidence, and the witness of the Holy Spirit, I think that you would need pretty good reason for me to deny God.  


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So to summarise, you are 100% confident that God exists due to:
1)  generic philosophical arguments such as cosmological, ontological, and moral arguments.
2)  Scientific arguments a such as strong anthromorphic principle, and intelligent design
3)  Anecdotal evidence, that of miracles, found all around the world.
4)  Testimony of personal experiences, as well a must my own experiences.
5)  You've heard and believed in the Gospels.

So let's tackle this one by one. In point one above, are you saying that all the philosophical arguments you've mentioned point towards the Judeo/Christian God existing? How do you make this connection between the argument and between the Judeo/Christian God existing?

I don't think I would say 100%. For one, putting numbers on such things always seemed kind of artificial to me. And certainly, there are situations where I would be more confident (such as something which I personally seen for myself, and is corroborated by others. However I would stand by fairly confident and willing to die for (for what you make of that).

As to the arguments of philosophy and natural theology. I don't think that there is a direct connection. And I don't really see why there would be. By their nature, these are arguments in the generic. They provide parts of the picture, to which I find the historic revelation of the Judeo Christian God aligns with that description. That is how the connection is made.