(October 31, 2019 at 7:15 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: I'm not really sure what @Belacqua thinks of logical arguments for god's existence, but those seem to be the only thing that believers and theologians have to lean on. The problem is, I've never heard a convincing logical argument for god, and I'm not sure how any person could consider those arguments convincing, to be honest.
I think that religion is interesting, and I have a theology course bookmarked that I'm studying now.
https://bible.org/article/theology-program
But I study it solely because I find religion interesting, not convincing. Even as a metaphorical, non-literal "guide" to how to live a "godly" life, I still find religion to be total garbage, meaning, the values it supposedly provides people with are nothing that special, and one can live a "godly" life without needing to believing in god... so what's the point of religion? (By godly, I simply mean a good, virtuous life, since that's what many theists would say)
Looking at the table of contents, it's got some interesting lessons, especially the one on soteriology, something that would be good for atheists to understand when debating with Christians about their beliefs on salvation because often times atheists misunderstand how salvation works according to some Christian groups.
Not sure if it has anything on neo-Scholasticism though since that's mainly (I think) what Belaqua refers to when he talks about Christian theology at its strongest.