(April 24, 2011 at 6:04 am)Garmston Ansell Wrote:(April 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm)MrJatt Wrote: Okay here is some context, me and my cousin debate a lot. He is a dual major into his 4th year of philosophy and mathematics...and hes a Christian...(~drum roll smash~).
I asked him what is his reason being a theist and, why choose christianty over any other religion and here is what he said:
"the main two reasons I will give that I am a theist are:
1. I think belief in God is properly basic.
2. The likelihood of my cognitive structure structure retaining true beliefs is greater than on theism, than given atheism).
And for Christian theism in particularly:
3. Argument that God is not a unitarian God.
4. The Resurrection as the best explanation of certain facts about the historical Jesus.
5. Religious experience.
"
now i do not have the knowledge to refute these except the 5th one, so i need some help to understand and perhaps refute this.
Also Hello! this is my first post
Just to clarify, you want to gain the knowledge to be able to refute him? How do you know that this knowledge exists (ie that his points are wrong)?
Ummm
Most of the cousins assumptions are NOT supported by historical evidence??
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