Hello, Anyone interested in a debate?

[bennyboy]

Which is why, by mean of philosophy, I have stated that adopting the position of disbelief without empirical evidence negates the existence of one's own "person".

Unsubstantiated.

I'm not sure I'd take that stance, since ideas about personhood must be considered positive assertions.  There is a mythology of the self, specifically of the importance of the self, which is based more on imagination than any observable reality.

HOWEVER, I'd argue that religious ideas, being based on a world view one adopts without empirical evidence, must therefore be considered an expression of the self, and not of objective reality.

Anima, I'd say that a belief in God, therefore, is clearly a superstitious belief.