RE: Believers, put yourself in my place.
November 22, 2016 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2016 at 11:49 am by robvalue.)
A belief doesn't have to be based on no evidence. It says especially, not only. You're a theist, you believe God exists. Belief is a subset of knowledge, so if you think you know God exists, then of course you also believe it. You're using a partial definition now.
My lack of belief is based not only on a lack of evidence, it's based on a lack of a falsifiable definition. Without one, there can be no evidence. I have no idea what a God is meant to be, nor how I could identify one.
You're trying to say a belief is just a guess. So sure, if I guess at something, I can take another guess instead. But people generally have some sort of reason for their beliefs. If you base yours on guesses only, then that's up to you.
I firmly believe the cartoon characters from the bible are not real, because they violate everything I've ever observed, as well as being internally inconsistent. Reality does not correlate with them, and the stories therein are a load of nonsense. They are a very specific claim, for which I would expect to see a ton of evidence everywhere, and I see none.
My lack of belief is based not only on a lack of evidence, it's based on a lack of a falsifiable definition. Without one, there can be no evidence. I have no idea what a God is meant to be, nor how I could identify one.
You're trying to say a belief is just a guess. So sure, if I guess at something, I can take another guess instead. But people generally have some sort of reason for their beliefs. If you base yours on guesses only, then that's up to you.
I firmly believe the cartoon characters from the bible are not real, because they violate everything I've ever observed, as well as being internally inconsistent. Reality does not correlate with them, and the stories therein are a load of nonsense. They are a very specific claim, for which I would expect to see a ton of evidence everywhere, and I see none.
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