Being naive and quite possibly intellectually dishonest (how would I ever know?) I am having some difficulty understanding how the concepts of a priori and a posteriori proofs relate to my prioritisation of a position that god doesn't exist that I mentioned in Post #9 on the last page. It would be useful if the relationship could be spelt out, as I don't see it.
It has also been said that belief and knowledge are important because, "Those who claim knowledge of religious requirements are more likely to behave in ways consistent with that belief, as opposed to those tho are agnostic in belief, you would not for instance see an agnostic theist killing doctors at abortion clinics, or flying planes into buildings as neither have the same epistemic foundations for their beliefs."
But maybe people who fly planes into buildings would do that anyway, and a distorted belief in god is just one manifestation of their mental state. In my time I have known a lot of people who have believed in god and unless they have been leading a particularly disguised existence none of them to the best of my knowledge have ever killed a doctor. This seems to indicate to me that belief isn't correlated with murderous behaviour.
It has also been said that belief and knowledge are important because, "Those who claim knowledge of religious requirements are more likely to behave in ways consistent with that belief, as opposed to those tho are agnostic in belief, you would not for instance see an agnostic theist killing doctors at abortion clinics, or flying planes into buildings as neither have the same epistemic foundations for their beliefs."
But maybe people who fly planes into buildings would do that anyway, and a distorted belief in god is just one manifestation of their mental state. In my time I have known a lot of people who have believed in god and unless they have been leading a particularly disguised existence none of them to the best of my knowledge have ever killed a doctor. This seems to indicate to me that belief isn't correlated with murderous behaviour.
