(August 15, 2009 at 5:49 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You can test the truck is real. Try to walk through it and you may end up with a sore head. God is not, by his nature, that sort of reality.
I'm not talking about testability here. Whether it can be tested or not is irrelevant to whether you are compelled to believe or not. You are still compelled or not, I still don't see where the choice comes in.
Sounds to me like you're speaking of 'belief in belief', when you 'choose belief' becasue it's a 'good belief to have', but that's not literally believing, that's just believing in belief.
Quote:I've said before.. IMO belief doesn't really apply to things we're sure exist.I believe something either does or does not exist. So yes it does.
Quote: Belief does not = 'to know'.I don't believe we can absolutely know anything. Whether we believe we can or not is another matter. You still either believe X is true or false, or believe Y exists or doesn't.
Quote:I know the truck exists.Do you? You could be hallucinating.
Quote: I can't know, in the same way, that God exists.Whether you can know it or not I see to be irrelevant to whether you either believe God or whatever else exists or not.
Quote:Are you saying my belief is in a non transcendental God??I never mentioned transcendence. I don't see how it applies here, I don't know what you're talking about here. Whether God can transcend things or not, what has that got to do with this matter?
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