(July 10, 2012 at 11:22 pm)Jeffonthenet Wrote:(July 10, 2012 at 12:24 pm)cato123 Wrote: Based on this reasoning you must then accept all god claims.
How so?
If you embrace the idea that lack of evidence isn't a reason for lacking belief in a proposition, then by virtue of that idea you necessarily accept any proposed postulate. Regardless of whether the person offering you their idea is serious or not, you must accept their proposal whole-heartedly and without objection.
This is why it can e said that trying to shit the burden of proof is a double edged sword.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
