RE: Can you ever believe that there is no God
April 23, 2013 at 7:59 pm
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2013 at 8:01 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 23, 2013 at 7:42 pm)Dawud Wrote: The philosophical default is to not claim k owl edge about God.
The philosophical default is to not claim knowledge about the existence of a god.
Quote:Psychologically the intuitive habit for humans is to assume that there is an intelligent agent behind our ordered universe...
At one time it was the intuitive habit for most humans to assume that the earth was flat, that diseases were due toy supernatural causes, the earth was the center of the universe, etc.
How did that intuitive habit turn out?
What intuitively feels right does not necessarily equate to what is actually true.
Intuition is a great starting point to further study a proposition. it is not the end of the study.
Quote:I'm not saying its rationally true but atheist psychologists agree that it seems a pretty human habit to believe in an intelligent creator...
This might be true. Says nothing about the truth of the existence of an intelligent creator.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
