RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)
July 8, 2012 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2012 at 12:51 pm by FallentoReason.)
CliveStaples Wrote: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?
No more mental backflips to avoid the questions.
An observation and a memory. They evidence matches up. Prove to me that doesn't mean a thing.
Quote: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".
Quote:I'm claiming that your basis for believing that it didn't has no evidence.
Quote:If you can't give evidence for your beliefs, fine
You keep asserting that I'm hopeless and can't show anything for my belief. I tell you the evidence is very much real and out there. Then you subtly try and change the question and pretend like that's what you didn't ask.
My belief is justified. Show me why I can't believe the data otherwise you've got nothing.
Quote:One, that's entirely unresponsive to the question.
Your assertion was that my belief was unjustified because there's no evidence. Wrong. 'THE EVIDENCE EXISTS' is 100% responding your silly claim.
Quote:Two, and just to push you on this point, how do you know that the evidence exists?
Because the experiments have been done.
Let me ask you, what happens if I put mentos into a Coke bottle?
Quote:I'll just note that you didn't deny or refute that your argument was circular.
Ok, let's go there. My argument is circular. What changes?
P.s. I'll just note that you still haven't answered me in the other thread. I'll just leave this right here for you:
Quote:Tick tock, tick tock....
I take it you've realised your belief in God is even less rational than believing that 5 minutes can actually pass. Congratulations.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
