(October 11, 2013 at 7:03 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(October 11, 2013 at 6:45 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: How the fuck does 1, 2, 3, and 4 follow from "If you hold that the premise that a god exists to be true;"?
I was defining belief as:
"Contemporary analytic philosophers of mind generally use the term “belief” to refer to the attitude we have, roughly, whenever we take something to be the case or regard it as true." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
If you believe a god exists:
Define it.
Explain why you believe it.
Provide evidence for it.
At best, people can only have a concept or idea of who they believe God to be. And that concept, when nurtured enough, will easily feel like reality to them. I respect people's beliefs, as long as they don't trample on others, and try to infiltrate our government.
I don't want to become one of those atheists/agnostics who are militant, because that is the very thing I didn't like about religion. It's a fine line, everyone. Have to be careful not to push people away with our own beliefs, just like we don't want religious people to do that to us.
