RE: Trying to Apply the Ontological Argument in Real Life
April 11, 2017 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2017 at 6:43 pm by Amarok.)
It's more like this:
Christian: I proclaim that god revealed himself to me.
Atheist: How do you know it's God who revealed himself to you?
Christian: I Know it was god by some unmentioned metric .And i expect you to accept this for no reason because I say so.
Atheist: Can you provide evidence that demonstrates your claim ?
Christian: No. You just have to blindly accept this claim because say so .
Atheist: Well, It would be irrational to accept your claim. If you come up with concrete scientific evidence, then I might believe he exists. I still might not follow him though. I have no reason too anymore then I have a reason to follow things I know exist.
Christian: All I can say is you should accept my baseless claim that I somehow know that it's god because...
There fixed that
Christian: I proclaim that god revealed himself to me.
Atheist: How do you know it's God who revealed himself to you?
Christian: I Know it was god by some unmentioned metric .And i expect you to accept this for no reason because I say so.
Atheist: Can you provide evidence that demonstrates your claim ?
Christian: No. You just have to blindly accept this claim because say so .
Atheist: Well, It would be irrational to accept your claim. If you come up with concrete scientific evidence, then I might believe he exists. I still might not follow him though. I have no reason too anymore then I have a reason to follow things I know exist.
Christian: All I can say is you should accept my baseless claim that I somehow know that it's god because...
There fixed that
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