RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)
July 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2012 at 12:16 pm by CliveStaples.)
(July 8, 2012 at 11:40 am)FallentoReason Wrote: What then, what's the explanation for the two matching up?
How do you know they match up at all?
Sure, they might happen to match up; but maybe they don't. Maybe none of our memories are accurate.
My question is, how do you know that your memories are accurate? If you believe that your memories are accurate, what justifies that belief? What is the evidence for that belief?
Quote:The evidence EXISTS.
What actually does or doesn't exist isn't the question. You're not paying attention.
I'm asking you why we should care about evidence--or, how you know that evidentialism is true (or at least, the best theory of justification). Your answer is..."EVIDENCE EXISTS".
One, that's entirely unresponsive to the question.
Two, and just to push you on this point, how do you know that the evidence exists?
Quote:THE EVIDENCE EXISTS.
How do you know?
I'll just note that you didn't deny or refute that your argument was circular.
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
