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Is God a rational belief?
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RE: Is God a rational belief?
The only thing that would make belief in God rational were if there were some kind of evidence showing that he existed. It's like an article I wrote comparing belief in God to believing the sun exists. We know the sun exists, we can see it every day (except people in Britain Smile), we know that it's the source of all life on earth. In other words, there's ample evidence that it exists. If someone were to claim that it didn't, then they'd be irrational. But since there's no factual evidence of any gods existing, it's not rational to believe in them. I mean, we can't just point up in the sky and say, "See? There's God."
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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Is God a rational belief? - by Whirling Moat - May 10, 2011 at 10:14 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by R-e-n-n-a-t - May 10, 2011 at 10:53 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Whirling Moat - May 10, 2011 at 11:04 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Faith No More - May 10, 2011 at 11:08 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Doubting Thomas - May 10, 2011 at 11:33 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Minimalist - May 10, 2011 at 11:37 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by tavarish - May 10, 2011 at 11:43 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by theVOID - May 10, 2011 at 11:51 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by fr0d0 - May 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Autumnlicious - May 10, 2011 at 5:20 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by theVOID - May 11, 2011 at 1:07 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Whirling Moat - May 11, 2011 at 11:15 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Cinjin - May 11, 2011 at 1:59 am
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Doubting Thomas - May 11, 2011 at 3:45 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by reverendjeremiah - May 11, 2011 at 5:59 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by Gawdzilla - May 11, 2011 at 6:54 pm
RE: Is God a rational belief? - by reverendjeremiah - May 11, 2011 at 7:15 pm

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