RE: Why do you not believe in God?
July 14, 2012 at 7:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2012 at 8:14 pm by Jeffonthenet.)
(July 14, 2012 at 2:39 am)cato123 Wrote:(July 14, 2012 at 2:12 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: Good point, just because I can't prove you don't suck doesn't mean you don't. And from your premise, your conclusion doesn't follow. Is your problem elementary logic?
There are many other ways in which the bible has been crosschecked such as the lists of names and places. (for example, the city of Ninevah and Nimrod (from all the way back in Genesis were always claimed fictional because of the absence of evidence until they were discovered which is probably all I need to carry my point about the evidence of absence) But regardless, even if those stories were filled with fictional events it wouldn't follow that God doesn't exist or that Jesus not Lord. It could follow that God is just not what Christian fundamentalists (perhaps modern day pharisees) want him to be.
Crosscheck? I didn't know we were engaged in a battle of downs and accrosses. If I were you, I wouldn't use the city/term of Nimrod as an example (nimrod, he he, ho ho, ha ha, meh).
Why exactlty was it that your all-knowing cunt couldn't locate the only man on Earth in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9 for your ignorant reference)?
I wait patiently for your excuse. Why your at it; why do you have to give an excuse for a fucking god?
I don't see what's wrong with the example of Nimrod? Did I get the name wrong? 3:9 I would explain as probably an anthropomorphism.
Quote:That is untrue. Logic is a method, not a thing. We have plenty of evidence to suppot the efficacy of logic and reason and the consideration of evidence; there are tried and true. Unicorns and gods are not.
You must assume logic in order to argue for logic's reliability. Likewise it is with the reality of the past.
Quote:By rejecting logic and reason, you forfeit your right to (in your case PRETEND TO) use them in discussion with reasonable people, which means you really have nothing useful or interesting to say.
I share the attitude with many atheistic philosophers that certain things cannot be argued for yet we all consider people rational for accepting them. I'll look for a quote since I assume you won't believe me.