RE: Q: do you, Christian, claim that God exists, rather than you believe that he exists?
February 21, 2014 at 6:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2014 at 6:47 pm by fr0d0.)
If a strong belief is knowledge, and I'd agree with your definition, then I'd say that was outside of the realm of religious belief, or a worldview, an attempt at understanding purpose etc.. that is I don't think you can apply knowledge to purely mental problems, beyond helping to support the logic.
The atheists (as we're confining her/him here) is a base stance that forgoes thought beyond the material. To me it's dishonest not to consider the wider spectrum of human capability > that is where all religious endeavor, in my opinion, resides.
(February 21, 2014 at 2:57 pm)rasetsu Wrote:
I'd say many find this a disingenuous equivocation designed to protect an irrational belief. I'm not sure what I believe, but I'm inclined to believe a theist is being more dishonest with an equivocation of this sort, than an atheist is being if their stance is likewise an equivocation.
The atheists (as we're confining her/him here) is a base stance that forgoes thought beyond the material. To me it's dishonest not to consider the wider spectrum of human capability > that is where all religious endeavor, in my opinion, resides.
