(November 10, 2010 at 4:01 am)God Wrote: If your debate had purpose, it might be worth pursuit. One must look at
it as if it were placing a bet on a race horse. Many will bet based on statistics, or
fact. Some will bet on gut feelings. But their is no way you can prove which horse
will win, at least without special circumstances including human interference and
such. All you can do is believe your horse will win. As stated, some can point to facts,
some can point to feeling. Both have been right in the past. So neither are foolproof.
Facts are usually more foolproof than a person's mere feelings (about the existence of something). At least such a feeling should be rationalized with your own understanding of the world, because otherwise, there's a good chance that you're deceiving yourself by having those beliefs and/or feelings.
You won't be able to convince people about your beliefs if you can't support them with any reasonable arguments at all.
