(November 9, 2011 at 1:05 am)Stimbo Wrote: Well, unless you're attempting some kind of role-switching thought experiment, I'm wondering why a deist would want to argue a case against deism. It's sort of like a vegan setting out the case for eating meat, or a defence attorney speaking on behalf of the prosecution. Please, enlighten me.
Well I think an evolutionist should try find arguments against evolution, a creationist should try to find arguments against creationism, a theist should try to find arguments against God, and a Deist should try to find arguments against Deism. If you shut your view to all opposing evidence and don't learn to argue against your case, you are giving in to confirmation bias. If you do that, every time you hear a debate, the side you want to be true will always seem to have a stronger case, even if it doesn't. You will often shut off rational arguments, and just belief your view is most rational and that views against it are irrational.
