RE: MERGED: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part 1) & (Part 2)
December 16, 2014 at 1:36 pm
(December 16, 2014 at 12:27 pm)Strider Wrote: Suicide bombers are totally confident they're going to party it up with some virgins after death. Confidence in faith isn't necessarily a good thing.
As far as radical Islam is concerned, I agree.
(December 16, 2014 at 12:27 pm)Strider Wrote: You believe that all of this originated in an invisible, supreme entity that has existed forever. How is that any less absurd?
It's conceivable, isn't it? Of course I can give reasons why I believe it, but that will be for another thread.
(December 16, 2014 at 12:27 pm)Strider Wrote: We can't demonstrate or explain those things, but likewise atheism in and of itself makes no claims about the origins of life. I certainly make no claims to know how everything came to exist, but I certainly don't believe in your version. You cannot demonstrate anything to prove otherwise.
But isn't naturalism the default position if you negate the God hypothesis?
(December 16, 2014 at 12:27 pm)Strider Wrote: And the idea of life coming from an invisible sky entity who sent his alter ego (via a virgin no less) to be ultimately tortured to death is as equally stupid and unscientific to us. Not only that, it's barbaric and harkens back to the darkest and most primitive of human ideas of blood sacrifice.
You are basically just saying you don't agree with how God did his business...that is your opinion, but it doesn't defy logic and reason, like naturalism does.
(December 16, 2014 at 12:27 pm)Strider Wrote: Again, you're telling us what we believe and then trying to shift the burden of proof over to us based on what you're telling us we believe. Faith is blindly believing in something even when there's no evidence to support it.
I will ask again, if you negate the existence of God, how is naturalism not the default position?
