RE: Why disbelievers believe? They believe in so called “God of the gaps”.
August 23, 2016 at 11:46 am
(August 23, 2016 at 11:37 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(August 23, 2016 at 11:27 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: There is nothing wrong with a gap in our knowledge, and I think it is better to say I (we) don't know. And it's not just theist who do it, but a gap epiestomology is quickly uncovered by asking the simple question of why?
You're right. There's nothing wrong with gaps in knowledge, and it's both more honest and more responsible to say "I don't know" when confronted with one of these gaps. But that's not what happens with many theists. You present a gap in our knowledge - the origins of the universe for example - and instead of saying "I don't know" the response you receive is "God is the reason."
In some circumstances I would agree with this example, in others; I would not. It all depends on the reason for the conclusion. Also, inserting X into the gap, doesn't mean that it is incorrect, just ill-founded.
