RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 19, 2014 at 3:07 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2014 at 4:43 am by fr0d0.)
(April 18, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Chas Wrote: What shared truths?
What objective truths?
What information?
You assert that there are shared religious truths. I can't think of a one.
The golden rule seems to be widely accepted, for example.
Objective truth: I was erring on your side.
Information: resources of literature etc.
(April 19, 2014 at 12:19 am)whateverist Wrote: Makes me wonder what exactly you have in mind. Logical deduction depends on ones premises and you can't use deduction to pick out the true ones. I guess it comes down to eye-witness accounts and so on? (Beware confirmation bias.)
You both seem eager to claim that reason leads to theism. I think the most you can claim is that reason doesn't rule it out. But I think Chad goes way to far in claiming that reason specifically leads only to the religions with which he happens to be best acquainted.
I agree with Chad. The logical conclusions that I have made lead specifically to Christianity. I don't rule out any other explanation and believe that I should question and doubt my stance. But I am quite confident in holding it.
