(February 27, 2014 at 12:38 am)Esquilax Wrote: I tend to use science and other detectable evidence for assessing existential claims because things that exist tend to be detectable, and if they aren't, how do you know that they exist at all?
But this question isn't an existential claim, it's a moral one, and morality can be reasoned out using logic, since it doesn't exist in an objective sense. It's conceptual. This isn't a double standard, it's an acknowledgement that not all claims are the same kind of claim, and your snide derision, evidently without fully understanding what my position actually is, doesn't serve you well.
The point is your use of the word "demonstrably", and the complete lack of sensible examination of the text. I can use your words to the opposite of their meaning anytime and call that immoral, but that wouldn't be honest.
I also use science to verify existential claims.
Your double standard remains: you refuse to address biblical text accurately and cite laughingly naeve misinformation rather than employ the scientific method you use for everything else that can be falsified.
