Silly Creationist

[Statler Waldorf]

danger danger, approaching the border of solipsism.

If you do not assume your senses and memory are generally reliable, yes solipsism is the logical conclusion. However, I assume they are reliable because they should be according to my worldview. The atheist really has no basis for this assumption, he just assumes it because he has to in oder to know anything.

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Then how do you know you read that book? Memory is not reliable either? How do you know you read that book? How do you know anything for that matter?

Our senses and memory are reliable enough to enable us to live and succeed in the environment in which we have evolved to live but are easily fooled when it comes to observing and making sense of our universe. This is why we have created many tools and techniques to aid our senses and ensure that we are not fooled.

This is why, for example, at meetings, minutes are taken rather than simply relying on peoples memory of the events.

If we simply relied on our senses to explain everything in the world then we would be prone to believe all sorts of nonsense. Oh, wait

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That's why I said generally. We have to assume this though, you cannot demonstrate it without using your senses or someone else’s. This assumption has a basis in the Christian worldview, I have never seen a basis for it in an atheistic worldview though, unless you want to give me one?