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Rational belief
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RE: Rational belief
I don't see the problem Padriac...

Propositions that are logically necessary are necessarily true, I asked for this and not logical arguments that are internally coherent for the very reason that the latter are not necessarily true.

Rational beliefs are those that are most consistent with the evidence and/or are logically necessary. Evolution, for instance, is the Theory that is most consistent with the available evidence and is therefore rational to believe, despite it not being a logically necessity.

Internal logic is irrelevant if any of the premises are fallacious, Theistic internal logic is irrelevant to this discussion because the main premise, the existence of a deity, is a bare assertion, therefore any reasoning based on a bare assertion fallacy is irrational.

If the believer considers evidence cheating then they clearly do not meet these standards.
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Rational belief - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 9:43 pm
RE: Rational belief - by padraic - September 19, 2010 at 9:54 pm
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 10:06 pm
RE: Rational belief - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 10:42 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Captain Scarlet - September 20, 2010 at 4:22 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Rayaan - September 20, 2010 at 5:51 am
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 20, 2010 at 5:42 pm
RE: Rational belief - by DeistPaladin - September 20, 2010 at 7:20 pm
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 20, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: Rational belief - by DeistPaladin - September 20, 2010 at 11:29 pm
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 21, 2010 at 6:57 pm
RE: Rational belief - by DeistPaladin - September 22, 2010 at 8:23 am
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 22, 2010 at 4:42 pm
RE: Rational belief - by DeistPaladin - September 22, 2010 at 5:16 pm
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 20, 2010 at 6:37 am
RE: Rational belief - by chatpilot - September 20, 2010 at 7:44 am
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 20, 2010 at 8:38 am
RE: Rational belief - by DeistPaladin - September 20, 2010 at 4:36 pm
RE: Rational belief - by padraic - September 20, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: Rational belief - by theVOID - September 20, 2010 at 10:18 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Saracen - September 21, 2010 at 12:56 am
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 21, 2010 at 7:58 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Saracen - September 22, 2010 at 12:01 am
RE: Rational belief - by Entropist - September 22, 2010 at 12:41 am
RE: Rational belief - by radames - September 22, 2010 at 7:45 pm
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 22, 2010 at 10:31 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Minimalist - September 22, 2010 at 10:42 pm
RE: Rational belief - by radames - September 23, 2010 at 4:01 am
RE: Rational belief - by Minimalist - September 23, 2010 at 10:58 am
RE: Rational belief - by LastPoet - September 23, 2010 at 12:03 pm
RE: Rational belief - by radames - September 23, 2010 at 1:35 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Minimalist - September 23, 2010 at 2:01 pm
RE: Rational belief - by jason56 - September 23, 2010 at 8:42 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Minimalist - September 23, 2010 at 10:18 pm
RE: Rational belief - by padraic - September 23, 2010 at 10:35 pm
RE: Rational belief - by jason56 - September 23, 2010 at 11:54 pm
RE: Rational belief - by Skipper - September 24, 2010 at 9:21 am
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 24, 2010 at 8:47 am
RE: Rational belief - by radames - September 24, 2010 at 12:46 am
RE: Rational belief - by Minimalist - September 24, 2010 at 9:30 am
RE: Rational belief - by gargantuan - September 24, 2010 at 1:59 pm

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