RE: A good case against God
July 3, 2012 at 11:50 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2012 at 11:51 pm by Jackalope.)
(July 3, 2012 at 10:26 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: At the end, there is no knock out argument either way. And I don't think there ever will be. Some people don't believe in free-will. I don't know how to convince those people at all and can only advise them to reflect if they truly know or don't, because I feel I do know we have free-will.
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As long as you recognize that your personal certitude is not likely to be very convincing to someone exercising critical thinking. It's likely to be more convincing to someone looking for a validation of their own cognitive bias.
On average, we're a tougher room than that around here.
I would like to add that I agree that it's unlikely that there will be a smoking-gun argument with respect to non-existence, if for no other reason that conclusively proving non-existence to someone with personal certitude seems damn near impossible.
As far as proving existence, I think I've heard every argument that exists on the matter, and they all have fallen short. That's not to say I'm not open to considering a new argument - I'm not personally invested in the matter either way.
