(April 26, 2010 at 4:51 pm)True Christian Wrote: -many atheists have a presumption that any belief is wrong, and will only look at a belief starting with that presumption.
No, you've got that all wrong. It's called burden of proof . If you make a claim, you must back it up with sufficient evidence before we accept the claim. If we do not accept the claim that does not mean we think the opposite is true. This is one of the first rules of logic that you should learn if you really want to debate with us. You are making the claim that God and Jesus exist. You have failed to provide evidence of Jesus, you referenced the Gospels, that's it. But lookie here, I've already given a brief summary of why the Gospels are not sufficient evidence for Jesus.
Also you really might benefit from this video, which gives a basic break down of burden of proof, logical arguments, and how lacking a belief doesn't not equal asserting that belief is untrue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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