(April 18, 2015 at 12:14 am)nicanica123 Wrote: Is your 3rd question not circular reasoning?
premise 1. You're wrong
conclusion... because I said so
"3. Do you understand that there is no evidence to support the claim that your beliefs are true?"
I'm inclined to agree with you, nicanica123. Though I'm not sure the question is equivalent to claiming particular beliefs are wrong. I'd say it just casts too wide of a net.
I believe I love my wife. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with the lack of evidence to support that claim. It is mostly just something I feel. The only evidence I could possibly provide is personal and non-verifiable.
So I don't think that question will be useful in the author's stated purpose of arguing with theists. Why should they abandon their feelings toward what they call God for the lack of evidence? They won't and shouldn't.
Of course claims involving the observable world, such as God created it and us, are about more than our feelings and relationships. Claims regarding consensual reality are either supportable or mere speculation. Everyone is entitled to speculate. They just shouldn't parade it around as a supportable proposition.
