(April 11, 2013 at 1:27 pm)median Wrote: Except, of course, his debate tactics are intellectually dishonest b/c (elsewhere, in other threads) he has revealed what he REALLY believes (biblical Christianity) and so this "abstract God" thing is all just a smoke screen. The hidden premise isn't hidden anymore (i.e. - his REAL reason for believing is starting to show). Why can't these guys just be honest about the real reason they came to believe this stuff? At least William Lane Craig came out and admitted that his main reason for believing is the same as every other religion (some non-demonstrable, non-falsifiable, subjective personal experience/'testimony' of "The Hold Spirit" etc). So really, all of this intellectual masturbation they go through with us is just a front, a show, and a sham to distract from the truly bad reason they continue to "have faith".WTF are you talking about? The fact that a person came to belief for certain reasons does not make them intellectually dishonest for discussing other reasons that one might believe.
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Likewise, a former theist can say "I lost my faith due to X," and yet discuss reasons for losing faith other than X.
You're either intellectually dishonest or just plain dumb for making the charge.
