(December 17, 2019 at 1:22 pm)maxolla Wrote:(December 16, 2019 at 6:39 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I would argue the opposite is true. Belief is (or should be) borne of one’s confidence level in the truth of a proposition. If there is substantial evidence in support of a particular truth claim, then my confidence level in that truth claim will be high, and belief is generated. I cannot choose to believe in god any more than you can choose to believe in Santa Clause.
I think we agree. Belief is chosen through faith in experiences, knowledge, and evidence gathered. What an individual considers sufficient evidence is where we start to differ. We both could agree that what we call wind exists. We can feel the effects of it but we can’t see it. There is some evidence missing regarding wind (sight). We still choose to believe it exists because we can see the effects of the wind and feel it. Your belief in science and mine in creation are similar. There is evidence for both but the argument always goes to what evidence is.
So to take your analogy, what method can we use to find your wind. What can we do and replicate to further generations, ya know, to avoid my children to be so blind of god. Please. If someone said there was wind and we could not detect, impossible to know, likes to hide from those that can detect it, i go for the standard and call Bullsit.