RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
May 4, 2016 at 4:01 am
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2016 at 4:10 am by robvalue.)
How exactly do you study theology?
I'd really like to know. You can study religious texts, you can study religions, and you can study the reasons people might believe in religions. You can parrot bullshit arguments.
But how do you study theology? It just seems to be adults arguing about who has the best sounding fairy tale. You all have to be living in a fantasy world before the discussion can even begin. At best, all I can see is studying how internally consistent each religion is, in the same way you'd test a mathematical system.
It also seems to make the assumption that philosphy can continue to accurately learn about reality where science leaves off. No, it can't. It's idle speculation at that point. I get it, it's uncomfortable not knowing. It doesn't mean you have to make shit up.
And notice the huge gulf between the abstract deistic God that comes out of the theological waffle, and the specific characters in popular storybooks. That non sequitur alone should be enough to make people stop and think, surely. Is Yahweh a character "outside of space and time"? Hardly. He's fucking walking about, in book 1, very much in real time. So you're accusing your one and only evidence source of being entirely unreliable.
I'd really like to know. You can study religious texts, you can study religions, and you can study the reasons people might believe in religions. You can parrot bullshit arguments.
But how do you study theology? It just seems to be adults arguing about who has the best sounding fairy tale. You all have to be living in a fantasy world before the discussion can even begin. At best, all I can see is studying how internally consistent each religion is, in the same way you'd test a mathematical system.
It also seems to make the assumption that philosphy can continue to accurately learn about reality where science leaves off. No, it can't. It's idle speculation at that point. I get it, it's uncomfortable not knowing. It doesn't mean you have to make shit up.
And notice the huge gulf between the abstract deistic God that comes out of the theological waffle, and the specific characters in popular storybooks. That non sequitur alone should be enough to make people stop and think, surely. Is Yahweh a character "outside of space and time"? Hardly. He's fucking walking about, in book 1, very much in real time. So you're accusing your one and only evidence source of being entirely unreliable.
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