(December 20, 2017 at 3:59 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(December 20, 2017 at 2:22 pm)SteveII Wrote: Where did you get that any of this are my arguments? I said nothing of the kind. When I posted the list, I even said "These are NOT the arguments..." {emphasis in the original}.
I have defended every one of these at various times here and am willing to do it again. I'm not hijacking this thread. Start a new one.
Steve, you said:
Quote:Why is it not pure faith? Well there are good rational reasons to believe:
And then went down the line, which I rebutted above. You then said:
Quote:Well, it is your (possibletarian's) opinion that many or all of my list of reasons are unconvincing to you. None can be shown to be false (or even more likely to be false) so they are all rational beliefs. If one surveys a series of rational reasons for belief that, in their opinion, range from makes-sense to more-likely-than-not to compelling, then one has a cumulative case that increases the probability of their belief (in this case, belief in God).
Which is ridiculous. Cumulative fallacies - which are the end points of bad arguments - and non sequiturs do not add up to rationality.
I am wholly unimpressed. And I certainly don't need you to go back down the "popularity = veracity" rabbit hole yet again.
You are confusing my reasons with formal arguments. Don't.
Thinking I am making formal arguments every time I talk about why I believe something is nonsense. You can't have a conversation about anything if everything has to be a formal argument. You should know by now I am more than happy to talk philosophy if asked.