(November 1, 2013 at 7:58 pm)free_thinker_at_last Wrote: I can't locate a website that exactly specifies the details of what this argument entails. In a nutshell, just from my own reading (not any actually reading from the book itself because I'm not going t waste 20 bucks on bullshit), it states that belief in god is rational and justifiable just as belief that other people have minds/other people's minds exist. I know this sounds like crap on the surface but I'm wanting to dismantle it at the core. I don't think this explicitly argues for god but I can't seem to get my hands around this. I'm sure it's been disputed before but I just can't find anything on the Internet that knocks it out to my satisfaction.
Personally my preferred and genuine response is that believing God exists (and communes with you) is perfectly reasonable, and I suspect our minds are complex enough to provide you with a god to speak to if you want it fervently enough. What is not reasonable is to attribute to that 'God' you commune with all the attributes associated with the biblical God. So yes, God can be as real to you as I am if you're wired that way, but it is not reasonable to assume that the God you commune with created the universe, has prepared a post life wonderland for you, yada, yada, yada.
