(September 11, 2017 at 8:07 pm)SteveII Wrote:(September 11, 2017 at 4:57 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Well at least you don't suggest that atheists are holding you to a higher standard for your supernatural claims than we do ourselves for various and sundry mundane claims we make ourselves. I appreciate not having to argue that evidence for supernatural claims is going to be more demanding than for ordinary natural ones.
I also appreciate your defining the terms as you are using them. Nice, and the definitions seem reasonable.
As to your question, I have no idea how good the evidence is for other religions or how well that stacks up against your own. All I know, is I've never seen anything that has made me doubt my disbelief for any religion. I have looked at a few but not with any interest in the evidence provided for the truth of religious claims interpreted literally. Fundamentalism of any ilk is a nonstarter as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Like I have said above, Christianity is a cumulative case. Not all people come to believe it from the same direction and for the same reasons.
Does anything really ride on the strength of the case you put together? I mean for you. For those who want to believe or start off already believing I think it must really just be about making the case for the plausibility of God existing. You just need to smooth over the rough parts and preserve as much common sense and intellectual rigor as you can .. under the circumstances. You have my sympathy on that. Can't be easy. For what it's worth, I think you do a better job than most.
