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New Apologetics Book, 25 Reasons to be Christian.
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RE: New Apologetics Book, 25 Reasons to be Christian.
(July 12, 2024 at 6:44 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Good post, btw.

Boru
I am aware of course that they (deities) are possible in the abstract, I don't believe they are objectively possible, as I have seen no evidence to support this. For clarity, I am not claiming deities are impossible, as I think the notion, at least in every concept I have encountered, is unfalsifiable. 

To further clarify my position (since I am new) I am an atheist as I don't believe any deity exists. I am also an gnostic, when presented with any concept claim or idea (including deities) that is unfalsifiable, and I must also remain disbelieving of all unfalsifiable ideas, since to believe them all would violate the law of non-contradiction and thus be irrational, and to believe some, or one, but not others, must involve bias for or against, and thus be closed minded by definition. so I must disbelieve them all, but keep an open mind. 

I hope this makes some sense, but if not would welcome critical scrutiny. 


Quote:simply because a thing is possible doesn’t mean we must necessarily take that possibility seriously.
I agree of course, and was only pointing out that I have never seen any objective evidence a deity is even possible, let alone exists. I was not claiming a deity is impossible, as I cannot meet my own epistemological burden of proof for such a generic and unfalsifiable claim. 

Thank you for the compliment, and my apologies for my clumsy use of the quote function, I am still feeling my way around the editing functions. Hopefully I will get the hang of it all in due course... until then I hope everyone will indulge me...
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RE: New Apologetics Book, 25 Reasons to be Christian. - by Sheldon - July 12, 2024 at 6:45 pm

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