(November 16, 2014 at 8:51 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(November 16, 2014 at 8:20 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Theists who understand that faith is not rational and is a choice to believe without evidence elicit more respect in me than theists who insist that their belief is rational.Why is it that some people tacitly assume that atheism is the rational position and that theism is not? Isn’t that already a slightly disrespectful position from which to start a conversation?
The answer to that is that the theist always insists that a stronger standard of evidence should apply to our claim than your own. Always. It doesn't matter what the specific sub-topic is. You want to skew the rules in your favor and you demand equal respect at the same time. It doesn't work that way. Pick one.
