(September 30, 2013 at 1:13 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:I actually have read the bible.(September 27, 2013 at 2:40 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: I imagine that would entail
"I have good reasons to think they aren't right."
In my case yes. But it is not essential.
I can have opinions without having to justify them.
I would also guess that most Christians are knee jerk Christians who really haven't thought about it.
I mean have you read the bible!
I'll grant you might not need external justification. But I imagine if you are rational you would need internal justification.
In other words, you don't have to prove that your beliefs are rational to me. But you must believe they are rational at minimum. And believing they are rational requires a reason to believe that they are.
If you have no justification whatsoever, you are worse off than kneejerk Christians who have weak justifications.