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Our theists of all labels please answer....
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RE: Our theists of all labels please answer....
(April 24, 2017 at 1:12 pm)Valyza1 Wrote: Do theists really need to be able to articulate *why* they believe in God in order to be justified in believing?  People kept breathing long before they were able to figure out why it's necessary.   But even if we never figured it out, we'd still be justified in actually breathing.  Likewise, it may be that some religious people are never able to answer the question of why they believe.  Still doesn't mean they aren't justified in doing so.

If they can't express why they believe in it, they should stop claiming their beliefs are the truth and stop trying to convince others to believe.  And breathing isn't a belief.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing."  - Samuel Porter Putnam
 
           

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Our theists of all labels please answer.... - by Brian37 - April 23, 2017 at 9:23 am
Our theists of all labels please answer.... - by Valyza1 - April 23, 2017 at 9:12 pm
Our theists of all labels please answer.... - by Valyza1 - April 24, 2017 at 1:12 pm
RE: Our theists of all labels please answer.... - by Harry Nevis - April 24, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Our theists of all labels please answer.... - by Valyza1 - April 24, 2017 at 2:57 pm

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