(May 14, 2012 at 6:13 am)Aiza Wrote: Nothing you are saying here contradicts with my understanding of it. Maybe I'll revisit it, since I suppose I haven't for a very long time.
The point to it was that there is no reason to posit the existence of the teapot, because it violates occams razor.
God does not escape that violation.
You're comfortable positing a complex answer to something, which is entirely up to you.
(May 14, 2012 at 6:13 am)Aiza Wrote: Atheism doesn't have to do with rejecting religions--you can be an atheist Christian, for example. Atheism is "The theory or belief that God does not exist", sometimes expanded to "a lack of belief in God" (though that starts getting some weird implications)
If you can comprehend a Christian who does not believe in God, then I would agree. I use religion here in terms of theistic belief, I very much doubt you were in any way confused by that usage.
(May 14, 2012 at 6:13 am)Aiza Wrote: It asks me to evaluate my religion as an "outsider". But I was already an outsider to my religion.
Then may I inquire as to why you reject all other religions, and what reasons you have for believing them not to be true.
If you do believe them equiprobable as your own religion, then why not become a high priestess of Aphrodite?
The problem the OTF poses, is that private internal assertion of the truth can no longer be used as evidence for that faith, as in order to do so, you must reject all other private internal assertions of truth, and therefore fail the test as an outsider.
Quote:As are the other ~50% of Americans who belong to a different religion from their parents.
Source please.
Quote:And while location can play some role in religion (though it certainly doesn't dictate anything) there's nothing you can say about the relationship between location and religion that you cannot also say about the relationship between location and irreligion.
I agree. However, the reasoning for rejecting religion, does not lead you to reject atheism.
I would inquire as to your reasoning for rejecting Zoroastrianism, and why that does not apply to Catholicism.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
