RE: Atheists, what are the most convincing theist arguments you heard of?
March 15, 2017 at 1:49 am
I wonder how much the Aquinas argument really factors into Neo's own faith. I doubt if without it he'd be back in the atheist's camp. Likewise, it isn't likely to motivate anyone toward xtian faith who isn't already so motivated.
My own lack of xtian faith has nothing to do with any atheist literature, nor anything I've ever heard in a debate. For me, the idea of a 'supernatural' class of explanations is a non-starter. Same goes for 'omni' powers, an after-life and the whole idea of a creator as if natural systems require non-natural futzing in order to set them on their way. It is all just too absurd to take seriously in my opinion.
That doesn't mean the long history of religions should just go in the dust bin of history or filed under "mistakes". It is an interesting thing to try to understand. But in so saying, I recognize that it is only natural explanations which really count as an explanation as far as I'm concerned.
My own lack of xtian faith has nothing to do with any atheist literature, nor anything I've ever heard in a debate. For me, the idea of a 'supernatural' class of explanations is a non-starter. Same goes for 'omni' powers, an after-life and the whole idea of a creator as if natural systems require non-natural futzing in order to set them on their way. It is all just too absurd to take seriously in my opinion.
That doesn't mean the long history of religions should just go in the dust bin of history or filed under "mistakes". It is an interesting thing to try to understand. But in so saying, I recognize that it is only natural explanations which really count as an explanation as far as I'm concerned.
