RE: Why Yahweh? (Or Allah, or Zeus, etc.)
October 26, 2012 at 11:08 am
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2012 at 11:15 am by The Grand Nudger.)
@John
I still don't know why miracles feature so heavily in your justification for belief (especially considering that you excused yourself from establishing that they occur at all....and haven't explained why they would justify belief in a god in the event that they did occur). I also think you're being more than a little slippery here as well, choosing to focus on the people who wrote about the miraculous actions of gods rather than the gods themselves (not that magical little legends don't show up for greek authors and poets). There is very little about the greek narratives that -isn't- miraculous...
Line in the sand, if miraculous narratives are what it takes....there are a shitload of gods floating around....and not a one is circling any drain.
I still don't know why miracles feature so heavily in your justification for belief (especially considering that you excused yourself from establishing that they occur at all....and haven't explained why they would justify belief in a god in the event that they did occur). I also think you're being more than a little slippery here as well, choosing to focus on the people who wrote about the miraculous actions of gods rather than the gods themselves (not that magical little legends don't show up for greek authors and poets). There is very little about the greek narratives that -isn't- miraculous...
Line in the sand, if miraculous narratives are what it takes....there are a shitload of gods floating around....and not a one is circling any drain.
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