RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 10, 2025 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2025 at 3:29 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(May 10, 2025 at 2:16 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Since it is "evidence" for both the thesis and the antithesis, it is evidence for neither. That's what we call "equivocal".
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ETA: Isn't "God ---> Life on Earth. And we observe life on Earth" affirming the consequent? Asking for a fellow doctoral student.
Yes, it's affirming the consequent, that's been my entire argument against evidence. And all you've done is restate the problem of underdetermination. In other words, you've reinforced my case against evidence.
(That said, I do reject your exclusivity argument, that X only be possible under Y, or else X doesn't corroborate Y. I don't think such exclusivity exists anywhere in the universe.)
