Q: do you, Christian, claim that God exists, rather than you believe that he exists?
February 23, 2014 at 11:36 am
(February 23, 2014 at 11:00 am)discipulus Wrote: If the vast majority of people throughout history had been atheists, I could not justifiably dismiss atheism. I would ask myself why they were atheists and set out to investigate their arguments and reasonings for their views.
Um, the vast majority of people throughout history (including you) have been atheists -- at least with respect to gods they didn't worship. No need to look far for the reasons. What are your reasons for not believing in these other gods? And don't quote your Bible. That's just a form of special pleading.
Quote:The error in this reasoning is not unique to you, but a great many atheists I have dialogued with commit this error. It is called a "category mistake". You essentially are asking for non-transcendant, empirical, scientifically verifiable, conrete, material evidence for a transcendant, immaterial, incorporeal being that exists beyond the scope of scientific observation and measurement.
You mean the Christian god, that "transcendent, immaterial, incorporeal being that exists beyond the scope of scientific observation and measurement," whose followers believe that he has intervened repeatedly in the material world? Yes, confirmable evidence would be nice.
