RE: arse about tit
January 4, 2013 at 1:01 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2013 at 1:13 am by Lion IRC.)
(January 3, 2013 at 11:07 pm)jonb Wrote: Having spent nearly six months on this forum, I must admit I am surprised by the amount christians are actually arguing against their own philosophy.
What I have noticed so far
Christians arguing the burden of proof is on atheist to prove there is no god.
I think the burden of proof is on whoever wants to persuade.
If non-stamp collectors atheists are happy to sit at home and leave the public square to whoever else turns up, that suits us fine!
(January 3, 2013 at 11:07 pm)jonb Wrote: ...I am now questioning whether a lot of what purports to be christian has anything to do with that philosophy at all.Grab a dictionary. Look up the word philosophy. And make up your own mind whether what you are hearing constitutes flossofee.
(January 3, 2013 at 11:07 pm)jonb Wrote: ...Is the actual motivation from people that wish to be in the same sort of culture as their mums and dads, rather than seeking a relationship to an old philosophy? An instance of this would be A Theist's devotion to his gun rather than a need to turn the other cheek.
Wait! There was a question mark at the end of the sentence which preceded your dubious ''example''.
Have you made up your mind?
Resolve and answer your own question first because it's a non-sequitur whether someone sees the need to own a gun or WANTS to share or dump their parents religious culture.
Adult atheists can have theist cultural upbringing and vice versa. Gun opponents can have parents like A Theist. So WHAT? Kids can and do grow up and decide for themselves.
You got a flat tire for an argument so far.
(January 3, 2013 at 11:07 pm)jonb Wrote: ...Given that this also occurred to me, the attacks on the understanding of evolution is not because it is in contravention of their philosophy...
Thats not true.
Evolution, as I understand it, doesnt contravene my theistic worldview. On the contrary. It affirms it!
Evolution, as an atheist understands/describes it, affirms their worldview.
Evolution, as a YEC creationist understands it equally affirms their theistic worldview. How? Because evolution means different things to different people depending on what you think evolutionTM actually consists of.
And the view of evolution held by YEC creationists makes Darwinism look so ridiculous that God does seem to be a much better alternative.
BTW - The biblical exegesis concerning the age of the earth is not held to be a matter of salvation by most prominent YEC folk.
