RE: Anyone want to debate this formally with me?
November 4, 2014 at 3:19 am
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2014 at 3:21 am by robvalue.)
To be able to debate something I think you need to define terms.
What do you mean by
(a) God
(b) Belief
© Irrational
(d) Proof
Because if you are using the informal definitions, then believing something for which there is no good evidence is irrational, so not much of a debate. Can I prove that it's irrational? Well, depends what you mean by prove. I just proved it by writing that sentence, which is consistent using informal definitions.
So I can't understand how your position makes any sense unless you can be more specific. For example, if you are defining god to be "whatever causes the universe to start" then you are making a tautology to say that the cause of the universe is god. Also it makes the unfounded assumption that the universe has a cause. But I can only guess what your definitions are.
What do you mean by
(a) God
(b) Belief
© Irrational
(d) Proof
Because if you are using the informal definitions, then believing something for which there is no good evidence is irrational, so not much of a debate. Can I prove that it's irrational? Well, depends what you mean by prove. I just proved it by writing that sentence, which is consistent using informal definitions.
So I can't understand how your position makes any sense unless you can be more specific. For example, if you are defining god to be "whatever causes the universe to start" then you are making a tautology to say that the cause of the universe is god. Also it makes the unfounded assumption that the universe has a cause. But I can only guess what your definitions are.
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