(February 18, 2013 at 6:53 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Ooh a challenge! Unfinished business get out clause alert.
(February 18, 2013 at 12:36 am)Question Mark Wrote: The intrinsic problem with this argument is that if indeed your god is above our ability to measure, demonstrate, or even identify, then what grounds do you have to even say that it exists? If it's above our understanding, how do you even know that it's there?You cannot identify it using the scientific method because it is supernatural: outside the bounds of science.
That it is beyond our understanding does not mean we know nothing about it. That would be a different description, like: "completely unknowable". <- Did you see that description in Christian literature anywhere? Me neither.
How is it that you and other religiously inclined people know about god?
If you believe it, question it. If you question it, get an answer. If you have an answer, does that answer satisfy reality? Does it satisfy you? Probably not. For no one else will agree with you, not really.