(March 18, 2014 at 4:52 am)Esquilax Wrote: Why are we even having this discussion? Even if we grant this argument on every point, these guys are still equivocating by saying that all faith is equal. It's just demonstrably not; me having "faith" in things that have evidence doesn't suddenly make believing things on faith that have no evidence more rational.
We should any of us feel the need to rebut an argument that is, at its heart, dishonest?
I think the reason duplicitus should be engaging in this discussion is to make the case that his faith in God is akin to the faith we all have in some things. If that were his point, that his faith in God is like my faith in mankind or my faith in my artistic expression, I am happy to grant it. I'm sure it is very much like that for him.
Unfortunately he over reaches. It is nothing like our 'faith in science' or 'faith in logic'. Logic and science are alternatives to faith, not objects of faith. Apparently he would like us to believe that faith in his god is as respectable as our confidence in empirical testing. That of course is absurd. Apples and oranges.
