RE: Atheists who become Christians
December 26, 2014 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2014 at 9:48 am by robvalue.)
What?
Objectively rational as in convincing to other people than yourself. If you can't manage that, then you've no ground to claim to anyone else that they should believe your claim. I would not make a claim without being prepared to back it up objectively.
I am certain beyond reasonable doubt that no one can do this, with any supernatural claim. Because any supernatural claim is unfalsifiable. Therefore it's not testable, so is useless. This is the the state of the scientific method today.
Go ahead and prove me wrong. But don't blame me for describing the standards of science. You can't convince someone else based on your own standards.
These are the goalposts and they never move. I don't understand your objection.
You haven't even presented your case yet. If you don't like those goalposts, then you cannot back up your belief beyond opinion and personal anecdote.
Further, if you don't like these goalposts, what ones would you set? Describe them please, and I'll see what claims I can make that would get through those posts as well.
Objectively rational as in convincing to other people than yourself. If you can't manage that, then you've no ground to claim to anyone else that they should believe your claim. I would not make a claim without being prepared to back it up objectively.
I am certain beyond reasonable doubt that no one can do this, with any supernatural claim. Because any supernatural claim is unfalsifiable. Therefore it's not testable, so is useless. This is the the state of the scientific method today.
Go ahead and prove me wrong. But don't blame me for describing the standards of science. You can't convince someone else based on your own standards.
These are the goalposts and they never move. I don't understand your objection.
You haven't even presented your case yet. If you don't like those goalposts, then you cannot back up your belief beyond opinion and personal anecdote.
Further, if you don't like these goalposts, what ones would you set? Describe them please, and I'll see what claims I can make that would get through those posts as well.
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