(February 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: So you consider an unsound belief in God to be rational? Why?What is an "unsound belief"? I know what an unsound argument is, but not an unsound belief.
Quote:My point is that the "basic belief" in God is an irrational belief because it has no rational argument to support it. I do not understand why you think any belief without a rational argument behind it can be a rational belief, maybe you can enlighten me.Foundationalism just is (i.e. by definition) the view that a belief is rational if it is basic or supported by basic beliefs. That is why you are begging the question here. One of the problems with making supporting arguments a necessary condition for rational belief is the famous regress argument. Arguments require premises in order to be valid. But on your view, those premises also require arguments, and so it continues. What is your response to the regress argument?
Matthew
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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." C.S. Lewis
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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." C.S. Lewis
