(March 1, 2009 at 2:26 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: The believer who chooses faith over evidence is a tiny minority in my experience; and also a nut. I said above, you'd have conflict with that, yes.There is no evidence for any god(this is something with which you apparently agree). They are, therefore, choosing faith over evidence. If they were choosing evidence over faith, they wouldn't believe in any gods.
Quote:No there isn't! You can't have a faith in God with evidence. It defies logic.I didn't say you could. You can't have a faith in God with evidence. They are, therefore, mutually exclusive ways of determining what is real. The lack of evidence for God means that we have no reason to think that God is there, while basing your representation of reality on faith allows for belief in god. How is this not a conflict?
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