(August 19, 2011 at 5:39 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(August 19, 2011 at 5:10 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: Which presupposes that scripture is true, which you are doing because you claim the Christian god is necessary. You cannot claim scripture is true because the Christian god is necessary, and then claim the Christian god is necessary because the scripture is true.I don't believe I have done that though. I presuppose scripture is true because if it were not true then knowledge itself would be impossible because the revealed truths in scripture are the very foundation for inquiry.
But you have done that by claiming that scripture is the foundation for inquiry which makes Yaweh necessary.
Also, what is your basis for claiming that knowledge is impossible without the Christian god? You state that as if all possible explanations for the origin of knowledge have been thoroughly exhausted leaving only Yaweh. You seem to be letting your beliefs dictate your interpretation of the evidence, instead of objectively interpreting the evidence and letting that shape your beliefs.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
