RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
April 8, 2016 at 2:25 pm
(This post was last modified: April 8, 2016 at 3:34 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 8, 2016 at 11:00 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I haven't had time to watch the video posted of Scott Clifton. But, I would be interested in discussing this, if someone would like to sum up the arguments.
Not me. If you are curious enough, watch it yourself.
Quote:I have always found it interesting that some people go to great effort to have an issue with the cosmological argument.
It's because the CA is considered, by a great many theists and apologists, to be such powerful argument for the existence of a god, yet it is so obviously flawed.
Why shouldn't people care about correcting bad information and refuting fallacious arguments? Especially if the beliefs that come out of the bad information and fallacious arguments lead to bad or dangerous actions.
The main reason why there are outspoken atheists in the first place, is because they/we think the world would be a much better place to live if the vast majority of humanity held as many true beliefs as possible, and as few false beliefs as possible, and if critical thinking and skepticism were considered virtues, instead of faith being considered a virtue.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.