(August 19, 2011 at 4:08 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: Sorry Stat, it's not rational whatsoever. Nothing stops Muslims from using the same argument that intelligible thought is impossible without presupposing Allah is the source of all existence. This presupposition argument reeks of desperation and special pleading for the Christian God. I could come up with an infinite different definitions of god that would all be valid under presupposition apologetics by presupposing my definition to be true. It boils down to the fact that the bible cannot be proven to be true, so it must be assumed to be true to prove the Christian point of view.
I have actually seen presupposition apologetics used very effectively against the Islamic faith. The Quran does not provide the same basis for the preconditions of intelligibility that the Bible does. Furthermore, even if it could be used to support other forms of theism (which it can’t), this still would not by default make atheism the rational choice. Atheists should still drop their atheism and start examining which form of theism is correct. This, "Well I know the answer has to be an even number but I don't know which one so I am going to stick with an odd number." approach is just irrational. Can you see the point I am getting at? Good to see you by the way, it's been awhile.
