RE: Arguments against Soul
September 23, 2019 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2019 at 12:14 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(September 23, 2019 at 12:00 pm)EgoDeath Wrote:(September 23, 2019 at 11:53 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: And based on my interactions with you over the past week, I think you aren’t a very careful reader.
And I think you aren't either. I suppose we all have our opinions.
(September 23, 2019 at 9:39 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Bel has gone on record multiple times explicitly stating that some of the main tenants of Christianity are not rationally justified and require faith, including in this very thread, in the specific response you’re griping about here, lol. Hence my inference about careless reading.
Hm, interesting. I'm actually well aware of this and was wondering if you would bring this up. Bel is very good at describing what he doesn't believe. And, sometimes he doesn't even do that very well. So, if you consider that to be making claims about what he believes, then okay... But to me, describing your beliefs by giving us examples of what you don't believe is about the same as telling me what restaurant you want to go to by telling me which ones you don't want to go to.
But, can you see that you’ve built into your analogy the assumption that Bel holds positive beliefs about something? I’m not sure why you’d do that. Isn’t atheism simply a lack of belief? It makes perfect sense for him to talk about the beliefs he doesn’t hold, and the claims he is not convinced of, just like the rest of us do. That he has a particular interest in learning about the god of the philosophers doesn’t mean he holds a firm, positive belief in that god. Perhaps he feels tentatively unconvinced, but interested and motivated to do more research on the subject. We can hardly fault him, or assume he’s a closet Christian because of a philosophical and intellectual interest, IMO.
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