RE: Why be good?
June 9, 2015 at 9:19 pm
(This post was last modified: June 9, 2015 at 9:24 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 9, 2015 at 9:01 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 8:11 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: What if one of the people you know that is now a Christian, converted to Islam (it does happen), do you now believe their new experiences? Why or why not?
The problem there would not be with what I know of my friend but what I know of Islam.
Ah...
More evidence that you are guilty of special pleading.
Islam apologitics is just a unconvincing as Christian aplologetics.
You are able to see how unconvincing Islam aplogetics is, you are just are unable or unwilling to examine your own beliefs with the same level of scrutiny, and you proved it when you said, "I said we accept what reliable and knowledgeable people have said - in the absence of evidence to the contrary".
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
