"This is just personal credulity.
Firstly, just because something makes sense does not mean it is true, there are many concepts that make sense logically that are not believed by anyone to represent the existence of actual objects in reality, therefore this argument cannot be used as an indication of the truth of the proposition and thus is insufficient in forming rational belief."
That is not exactly true, if something doesn't make sense then it can't be true. As an a logical sense... so it would be a good arguement.
"How so? And like i said above, the fact that something makes sense does not mean it is true.
Also, the key question is not "does polytheism make more sense than monotheism" but "is polytheism more likely to be true than either Monotheism or non-theism" and to establish this you need a higher standard of evidence than simply assessing how much "sense" it makes to an individual"
Well it is more likely according Occam's Razor it is. This is actually a reason I believe in hellenion. Because I believe in the law of cause and effect I think the Big Bang is a insuffient theory to the Universe, even though I think it is possible. While the contidiction in Monotheism are a plenty.
"Do you not see how flawed this reasoning is? Belief should be justified, there should be a positive case for the existence of such a being such as evidence indicating their existence or logical necessity for the existence. If one is justified in belief simply because something has not be disproved then i challenge you to disprove the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and if you cannot then by your own standards you should believe it to be true - Of course you don't however, and this just shows that you have a double standard, the argument that it cannot be disproved applies equally to both cases, yet you would not use the argument to attempt to justify a theology that is not your own."
You are comparing the Flying Spaghetti Monster to the Gods? Two problems with that. One the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is not a very old religion. Another problem is that Hellenion has a logical starting the Spaghetti Monster is monotheisic religion. I(as I said) don't think monotheism is logical answer to the universe.
Firstly, just because something makes sense does not mean it is true, there are many concepts that make sense logically that are not believed by anyone to represent the existence of actual objects in reality, therefore this argument cannot be used as an indication of the truth of the proposition and thus is insufficient in forming rational belief."
That is not exactly true, if something doesn't make sense then it can't be true. As an a logical sense... so it would be a good arguement.
"How so? And like i said above, the fact that something makes sense does not mean it is true.
Also, the key question is not "does polytheism make more sense than monotheism" but "is polytheism more likely to be true than either Monotheism or non-theism" and to establish this you need a higher standard of evidence than simply assessing how much "sense" it makes to an individual"
Well it is more likely according Occam's Razor it is. This is actually a reason I believe in hellenion. Because I believe in the law of cause and effect I think the Big Bang is a insuffient theory to the Universe, even though I think it is possible. While the contidiction in Monotheism are a plenty.
"Do you not see how flawed this reasoning is? Belief should be justified, there should be a positive case for the existence of such a being such as evidence indicating their existence or logical necessity for the existence. If one is justified in belief simply because something has not be disproved then i challenge you to disprove the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and if you cannot then by your own standards you should believe it to be true - Of course you don't however, and this just shows that you have a double standard, the argument that it cannot be disproved applies equally to both cases, yet you would not use the argument to attempt to justify a theology that is not your own."
You are comparing the Flying Spaghetti Monster to the Gods? Two problems with that. One the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is not a very old religion. Another problem is that Hellenion has a logical starting the Spaghetti Monster is monotheisic religion. I(as I said) don't think monotheism is logical answer to the universe.
