RE: Philosophical Failures of Christian Apologetics, Part 11: The Holy Spirit
June 18, 2020 at 12:05 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2020 at 12:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
"Inner witness of the holy spirit" is performative language. He would likely be insulted if someone asked him flat out if he heard voices - like any other christian who uses terms of art. It probably does reflect a cognitive truth, though. He believes, because he strongly believes. He didn't argue himself into it, and he won't be argued out of it.
It's also possible that deconverts have a mistaken impression of what led them to their current state. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. They realized they were atheists after hearing some argument, but the argument was only compelling because they had already ceased to believe and the argument provided them with semantics for whatever internal doubt they already felt.
It's also possible that deconverts have a mistaken impression of what led them to their current state. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. They realized they were atheists after hearing some argument, but the argument was only compelling because they had already ceased to believe and the argument provided them with semantics for whatever internal doubt they already felt.
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