RE: Stupid things religious people say
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 am
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2024 at 10:30 am by Disagreeable.)
"God is an axiom."
On Discord I had a debate with a Christian who said that God is an axiom and can be presupposed rationally. I pointed out that it's special pleading to pick the Christian God as an axiom rather than Hinduism as an axiom, for instance, or a thousand other arbitrary positions.
But he insisted that it's rational to start with the Christian God as an axiom.
He also said that you start with a theory and develop a hypothesis afterwards. Which I said I was pretty sure he got backwards but he insisted that it was the right way around and it made sense to start with God and if you can't disprove him then he's an acceptable "theory". I also pointed out that he had the burden of proof reversed by asking me to disprove God. He insisted that he had the burden of proof the right way around.
Pretty sure this counts as stupid things religious people say.
On Discord I had a debate with a Christian who said that God is an axiom and can be presupposed rationally. I pointed out that it's special pleading to pick the Christian God as an axiom rather than Hinduism as an axiom, for instance, or a thousand other arbitrary positions.
But he insisted that it's rational to start with the Christian God as an axiom.
He also said that you start with a theory and develop a hypothesis afterwards. Which I said I was pretty sure he got backwards but he insisted that it was the right way around and it made sense to start with God and if you can't disprove him then he's an acceptable "theory". I also pointed out that he had the burden of proof reversed by asking me to disprove God. He insisted that he had the burden of proof the right way around.
Pretty sure this counts as stupid things religious people say.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
