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Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity
(March 3, 2017 at 12:25 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I question the utility of logic as way of proving something exists without reference to evidence for that thing existing...If pure logic doesn't work for things that we know can be real, how can it work for things that can't be demonstrated to exist?

The objective evidence includes the fact there is something rather than nothing, that things can persist in their being despite change, the consistency of cause and effect relationships, etc. To account for this evidence there are logical demonstrations justifying the belief in God as a likely explanation, one that already conforms to subjective intuition, cross cultural encounters with the ineffable, and common apprehension of the sublime.

For the purpose of this thread, I say it takes a special effort to dismiss or explain away the evidence by showing that either the evidence isn't what we naturally suppose it to be or the logic of the demonstrations are flawed or that reason itself is suspect or our notions of causality are suspect. It is just like your rock example. The default position is that the rock exists and it takes lots of philosophical heavy lifting to bring its existence into question. Same for God, even if for the sake of argument I grant that God's existence does not have same level of immediacy as a rock.
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Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 29, 2017 at 5:10 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Chad32 - January 29, 2017 at 5:49 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Godschild - January 29, 2017 at 6:35 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 29, 2017 at 8:21 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Godschild - January 30, 2017 at 2:26 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Catholic_Lady - January 30, 2017 at 11:08 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Godschild - January 30, 2017 at 4:09 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Mr Greene - January 30, 2017 at 11:53 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by robvalue - January 30, 2017 at 1:37 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Atheist Rambo - February 26, 2017 at 5:33 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Drich - January 30, 2017 at 10:17 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 30, 2017 at 4:06 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Drich - January 31, 2017 at 4:38 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Harry Nevis - February 16, 2017 at 10:28 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Whateverist - January 31, 2017 at 11:47 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Divinity - January 30, 2017 at 10:39 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Firewalker - February 7, 2017 at 5:19 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Edwardo Piet - January 30, 2017 at 10:52 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 30, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by drfuzzy - January 30, 2017 at 2:43 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 30, 2017 at 4:06 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 30, 2017 at 4:28 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 30, 2017 at 5:24 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 30, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Mister Agenda - January 30, 2017 at 5:29 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Mr Greene - January 30, 2017 at 8:47 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 4, 2017 at 11:44 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 30, 2017 at 8:53 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 31, 2017 at 10:19 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 31, 2017 at 12:26 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 31, 2017 at 12:54 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Crossless1 - January 31, 2017 at 1:00 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Faith No More - February 1, 2017 at 11:38 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Faith No More - January 31, 2017 at 5:17 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Neo-Scholastic - January 31, 2017 at 11:48 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by SteveII - January 31, 2017 at 1:26 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - January 31, 2017 at 7:03 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by ronedee - February 1, 2017 at 4:59 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - February 1, 2017 at 5:43 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by ronedee - February 2, 2017 at 3:04 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - February 2, 2017 at 8:47 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by ronedee - February 2, 2017 at 10:54 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - February 2, 2017 at 5:03 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by ronedee - February 2, 2017 at 6:03 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by robvalue - February 2, 2017 at 3:49 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 6, 2017 at 1:17 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 6, 2017 at 1:22 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 3:05 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Minimalist - February 16, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 18, 2017 at 3:15 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Minimalist - February 20, 2017 at 11:58 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Neo-Scholastic - February 19, 2017 at 10:14 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Cyberman - February 25, 2017 at 3:38 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 26, 2017 at 1:29 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Mister Agenda - February 28, 2017 at 12:26 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2017 at 1:09 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Angrboda - March 1, 2017 at 9:20 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Angrboda - March 2, 2017 at 6:43 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Angrboda - March 2, 2017 at 7:49 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Angrboda - March 2, 2017 at 11:10 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Odoital77 - February 19, 2017 at 11:58 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Odoital77 - February 23, 2017 at 4:45 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Harry Nevis - February 20, 2017 at 11:15 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Redoubtable - February 25, 2017 at 2:48 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by ukatheist - February 20, 2017 at 2:16 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by The Grand Nudger - February 23, 2017 at 11:42 am
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Cyberman - February 26, 2017 at 4:55 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Lek - February 26, 2017 at 6:14 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Cecelia - February 26, 2017 at 8:38 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by John V - February 28, 2017 at 12:07 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Aristocatt - March 3, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Neo-Scholastic - March 3, 2017 at 2:04 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Aristocatt - March 3, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Amarok - March 3, 2017 at 6:31 pm
RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity - by Amarok - March 3, 2017 at 10:36 pm

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