RE: Atheists don't realize asking for evidence of God is a strawman
November 9, 2017 at 4:37 pm
(November 9, 2017 at 3:06 pm)pool the matey Wrote:(November 9, 2017 at 2:56 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Or, how about if someone claims Superman exists, and tells me the evidence can be found in Superman #1.
What does the claimaint have to do to make a convincing case that their claim is true?
All I'm saying is context matters. When you say "superman exists" in what context do you mean? If you mean in a comic book context then all you have to do is scream "help me superman" and jump out of a window or top of a building or something and you'll get the proof you want. But if you're just telling me "superman exists" there is no context there, when a Christian says "God exists" he means that in a religious context and we know that within that context he is right.
(emphasis mine)
I have consistently been talking about existential claims about reality.
If your "religious context" is not connected with reality, then I'm really not sure what to tell you.
"God exists" is an existential claim. Existential claims are concerned with reality. Outside *that* context "exists" is meaningless, and therefore the italicized is not only *not* true, it's not even coherent.
