RE: Debunking Christianity? It's actually quite as simple as asking "why?"
June 23, 2011 at 4:14 pm
(June 23, 2011 at 8:01 am)Cinjin Wrote: Yep - that's a fair perception. Belief in anything unseen does tend to make one hypocritical in some way or another because my beliefs are no more valid than anyone else's. That's the inevitable illogical conclusion and paradox to who I am. I have found no way around it.
It's got nothing to do with it being "unseen" - both you and the theists have proposed a deity for which you make certain claims, neither of you have any good reason to believe what you do so your critique of their deities motivations are frankly rather bunk - sure, you make less claims about the motivations of the deity than they do, you don't make claims about the presence of events that aren't confirmed for instance, but it's still the same type of claim despite it being less frequent.
Quote:The difference that seems to make me tolerable is that I'm not going around claiming I have proof, spouting ridiculous assertions about the age of the world, condemning others to hell, and denying contradictions with "author's original context" arguments. In short, I don't claim to actually know God.
More tolerable, sure, but are your beliefs respectable? No, I can't respect you for having a belief in some concept for which you have no good reason to believe just because you don't want to order others around with some assumed moral authority like the theists.
Quote:...and without deism - I would (and possibly will) default to atheism. I will be the first to concede that God may not exist. It is an impossible thing to prove. For now however, Deism allows me the small amount of faith I always wanted and the ability to ridicule silly books about goat herders and superstition.
So you believe in a deity because you want to believe in a god?
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