(February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Rational belief is something you have worked out.
Wrong. In order for your belief to be rational, it must be correctly worked out, i.e. in accordance to reason. Not evrything you are capable of working out is rational.
(February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: If you know without thinking then how can that be rational??
You can't know without thinking.
(February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Belief with faith has to be rational, because it can be nothing else.
On the contrary, belief with faith is necessarily irrational because it requires suspension of reason.
(February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Are those rational conclusions valid... is down to the individual and their cognitive abilities.
A conclusion is valid if reason has been applied correctly while reaching it. In which case, the only way it is wrong is if it starts with wrong premises - which is often the case with theists.
