RE: A Book?
May 20, 2009 at 11:00 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2009 at 11:01 am by lilphil1989.)
(May 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(May 19, 2009 at 4:41 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Why should God be given special treatment over the FSM?
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You make the leap before you can walk. You need to dump evidence and science to consider this subject you're interested in.
Answer the question? Why is your god more plausible than the FSM?
(May 19, 2009 at 4:48 pm)lilphil1989 Wrote: fr0d0, why are you christian?
By that i also mean why do you not believe in zeus, apollo, vishnu etc...
(May 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Because I reasoned that the leap of faith would be worthwhile based on observations in the bible that applied to my own life.
Any chance you'll share these observations?
(May 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I considered many other sensible alternativesBut the insensible alternatives are just as plausible as the sensible ones (how did you decide which was which?)
(May 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: For the bible to be true other faiths become illogical. It's a rational choice.
I agree with your first statement. If the bible were true, then any book, person etc, claiming something in contradiction to the bible must be wrong.
However, we know that bible isn't all true (the sun doesnt orbit the earth for example), so at best it's a combination of truth, metaphor and misunderstandings.
But, there's absolutley no way to discern between what's true and what isn't (apart from the things we know for fact aren't) without choosing arbitrarily. Which I'm sure you'll agree, isn't rational.
The final option is that it is all metaphor. But then, how can you ascribe any truth value to anything in it? That would be irrational.
So I fail to see how the conclusion that the bible is true could possibly be rational.
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip