RE: Truthworthy claims that...
February 10, 2010 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2010 at 10:21 am by TruthWorthy.)
My reasoning says that a believer can question their belief in a way they believe to be honest just not in the truest sense of challenging it.
Seeing how the supporing argument for the truth in the existence of God is based on faith/belief then under proper scrutiny you would nessessarily have to adopt a position of disbelief in order to make a comparison.
I accept that a believer can think they're honestly question their belief without relinquishing such faith but objectively they aren't scrutinising the apparent truth of their god's existence.
I honestly think many theists are unable to trully question / scrutinise as objectively/rationally as a scientist would (does think). I believe this is due to the emotional investments made in such a faith, and also the subsequent negative emotional consequences involved in coming to see an opposing point of view, contradicting the existence of god. Also that from a theists perspective of belief to not adopt a postion of at least a skeptic they aren't scrutinising in the truest sense and skepticism is a form of a state of being in non belief whereby the agnostic nature and impartial/unbiased scrutiny would allow a truthful (momentary at least) judgement.
Close enough, albeit loose toward the end.
Seeing how the supporing argument for the truth in the existence of God is based on faith/belief then under proper scrutiny you would nessessarily have to adopt a position of disbelief in order to make a comparison.
I accept that a believer can think they're honestly question their belief without relinquishing such faith but objectively they aren't scrutinising the apparent truth of their god's existence.
I honestly think many theists are unable to trully question / scrutinise as objectively/rationally as a scientist would (does think). I believe this is due to the emotional investments made in such a faith, and also the subsequent negative emotional consequences involved in coming to see an opposing point of view, contradicting the existence of god. Also that from a theists perspective of belief to not adopt a postion of at least a skeptic they aren't scrutinising in the truest sense and skepticism is a form of a state of being in non belief whereby the agnostic nature and impartial/unbiased scrutiny would allow a truthful (momentary at least) judgement.
Close enough, albeit loose toward the end.
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