Quote:Has anyone here ever seen an argument for God that did not rely on assumptions asserted as fact?
No, because they are the only possible arguments that they can have. I'm always telling my son that he should not simply believe things that are told of him, especially at his 'Christian' school and he's now in the the habit of waving his finger at the teacher and asking, 'where's your evidence?'
Not making assumptions about the world around you is central the whole notion of critical thinking. Unfortunately you do tend to get labelled as cynical and cold by the woolly thinking brigade but personally I think this approach give you a far broader view of the universe as we're continually asking question of it and not just believing what we assume to be correct.
You've only got to look at apologists and theologists to see what happens when you start your argument with an assumption.