(December 9, 2012 at 1:13 pm)Al-Fatihah Wrote: Response: No argument was ever presented. Rather, a simple question as to why does Muhammad receive negative views, despite the Qur'an and sunnah showing differently.
Maybe I was getting ahead of you here but discussions of Muhammad's character are not relevant to the truth of Islam's claims. If you're just discussing what a great man he was, I'll leave you to it so long as you grant my point that such an evaluation of his character does nothing to promote any assertion as to the truth of Islam.
Quote:Response: But being bias to accepting the truth is not illogical.
Confirmation bias isn't about accepting what's proven to be true. It's starting with the conclusion and looking for reasons to believe it.
This cartoon helps underscore the difference in starting with the conclusion (confirmation bias) vs. starting with the evidence and letting that determine the conclusion:
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Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
