RE: In Defense of God.
June 25, 2017 at 8:48 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2017 at 8:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, I would certainly agree with you, that in many cases a person holds some irrational religious belief (believers also agree about a great many religious beliefs being irrational), or believes in some religious things for irrational reasons...but, ultimately, their beliefs can be grounded in faith, or upon a non-transferable or verifiable personal experience.
There's nothing stopping a religious person from acknowledging that they do not derive their beliefs from reason, but by faith.
It's interesting, wondering about it's effectiveness, but I think that for some people their beliefs had the intended effect (this, ofc, could be another pillar of their justification). It would seem to be beyond the realm of plausibility that no religious belief ever had the intended effect just by accident. That it would be impossible.
There's nothing stopping a religious person from acknowledging that they do not derive their beliefs from reason, but by faith.
It's interesting, wondering about it's effectiveness, but I think that for some people their beliefs had the intended effect (this, ofc, could be another pillar of their justification). It would seem to be beyond the realm of plausibility that no religious belief ever had the intended effect just by accident. That it would be impossible.
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