RE: Evidence for Believing
October 3, 2019 at 10:59 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2019 at 11:12 pm by Inqwizitor.)
(October 3, 2019 at 6:43 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Your gap argument is and always will be a gap argument. That's just the way it is. It's not a good argument, at all...but it obviously informs you. I think you might want to explore why it informs you, and why you reject other explanations.What gap argument? The "god of the gaps" is a way of attributing to the divine what has a natural cause. I don't think that's a good argument, either.
(October 3, 2019 at 11:25 am)Simon Moon Wrote: If you are defining faith in the Hebrews 11:1 way, then faith is irrational by definition. If you are defining it as belief without demonstrable evidence, then it is irrational.The author states that faith is not borne of observation, that's not irrational. Is logic irrational? It's not based on observation either. Is intuition irrational?
Believing without demonstrable and falsifiable evidence, and valid and sound logic, is irrational.
Quote:Name one confirmable, evidential, demonstrable supernatural event.What does this mean, that I have to be able to repeat a supernatural event under experimental controls so you can verify it? That's obviously begging the question.
How about the miraculous healing of Marion Carroll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TO7PJkzcVU