(October 2, 2013 at 4:47 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: What I want to ask Irrational AKD is then what is the rational position to take when someone posits a god which is impossible to believe in and has zero evidence to support it? According to Mr. Irrational, it's irrational and fallacious to say, "no, I don't believe that god exists because no evidence has been shown to show that it does."
I don't think there is any argument that it is totally irrational to believe this god exists without evidence.
So then, what's the rational and non-fallacious stance?
if it can be shown to be impossible, it would be most rational to accept that. but the problem is no one has done so. and if there is no evidence at all supporting it, then it is most rational to not accept God exists but also not rule it out. you can only rule out the impossible.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
-Galileo
