RE: Where did the universe come from? Atheistic origin science has no answer.
October 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm
@ Sword-
Your entire post is an excellent example of my point. You have personally decided where the line is drawn using your intuition and modern understanding of the world as your guide. The fact that almost any other given theist is likely to disagree with you on one or another of your points- thereby shifting the line of what is reasonable to believe- seems lost on you. You seem to understand that you can't prove what you believe. Neither can any other theist. The beliefs are often going to conflict, often to the point of contradiction. If there is a god, someone's going to be right, and everyone else is going to be wrong. Given the omnipotent and mean-spirited nature of the biblical god, it's every bit as likely that the literalists are correct and you are doomed as that you are right. Or maybe you're only slightly off, but still doomed. Or maybe you're entirely right and you'll be the only guy in Heaven. You aren't doing anything the Westboro church isn't doing, except their line is seen as morally repugnant to more people.
I will say that theism isn't the only place where such personal line-drawing (where does science stop being useful, where is a moral code absolute, etc)exists. Political systems are also prone to this, and most people (atheists and theists alike) are probably guilty of this politically to some extent.
Your entire post is an excellent example of my point. You have personally decided where the line is drawn using your intuition and modern understanding of the world as your guide. The fact that almost any other given theist is likely to disagree with you on one or another of your points- thereby shifting the line of what is reasonable to believe- seems lost on you. You seem to understand that you can't prove what you believe. Neither can any other theist. The beliefs are often going to conflict, often to the point of contradiction. If there is a god, someone's going to be right, and everyone else is going to be wrong. Given the omnipotent and mean-spirited nature of the biblical god, it's every bit as likely that the literalists are correct and you are doomed as that you are right. Or maybe you're only slightly off, but still doomed. Or maybe you're entirely right and you'll be the only guy in Heaven. You aren't doing anything the Westboro church isn't doing, except their line is seen as morally repugnant to more people.
I will say that theism isn't the only place where such personal line-drawing (where does science stop being useful, where is a moral code absolute, etc)exists. Political systems are also prone to this, and most people (atheists and theists alike) are probably guilty of this politically to some extent.
