RE: A.S.K. your way to proof.
March 17, 2020 at 4:22 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm by Simon Moon.)
So, correct me if I am wrong...
But what Dritch is suggesting we do, according to A/S/K, is to believe Yahweh/Jesus exists, so we can appeal to him (on his terms) in order to have him demonstrate himself to us.
When we point out how flawed that thinking is, and that we're unable to believe without rational and evidence based warrant to do so, he seems to agree we will not receive the type of evidence we are looking for. When we point out the stalemate his god has put us in, i.e.; his god created us with minds that are unable to believe existential claims unless we are warranted by evidence, and valid and sound logical reasons to do so, he blames us for not being credulous.
And when we point out how flawed that sort of thinking is, he produces fallacy after fallacy, and flawed epistemology.
Does that cover it so far?
But what Dritch is suggesting we do, according to A/S/K, is to believe Yahweh/Jesus exists, so we can appeal to him (on his terms) in order to have him demonstrate himself to us.
When we point out how flawed that thinking is, and that we're unable to believe without rational and evidence based warrant to do so, he seems to agree we will not receive the type of evidence we are looking for. When we point out the stalemate his god has put us in, i.e.; his god created us with minds that are unable to believe existential claims unless we are warranted by evidence, and valid and sound logical reasons to do so, he blames us for not being credulous.
And when we point out how flawed that sort of thinking is, he produces fallacy after fallacy, and flawed epistemology.
Does that cover it so far?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.