(September 20, 2011 at 6:50 pm)Darwinian Wrote: But to me they are all equally irrational. Why does the story of Christ have any more verisimilitude than the story of Thor or Styx?
Well it’s probably because we do not believe in Thor and Styx for different reasons. I don’t believe in them because scripture says that no other Gods or supernatural powers exist like Thor or Styx. You probably don’t believe in them because of lack of evidence or because you are a naturalist. We are both being consistent in regards to our worldview in regards to the existence of Thor and Styx so we are both acting rationally here. If I didn’t believe in Thor because of lack of evidence but then believed in Christ’s resurrection because of evidence (assuming they both lacked evidence, most people would agree there is more evidence for Christ’s resurrection than for the existence of Thor) I would be behaving irrationally.
