Actually, I think the problem with this discussion is we are not using the word "evidence" in the same way.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:29 PM Subject: RE: Battleground God > At what point are you confused. I'll try to break it down further, if you > like. But it's just a set of logical propositions reaching a conclusion: > > To deny one has faith in the existence or non-existence of God isI > irrational. > > H. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 2:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Battleground God > > > *falls over in confused stupor* > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I think it's a valid comparison. > > The Loch Ness monster seems to be a creature of myth. Perfectly rational > people believe they have seen Nessy, but there is little if any > empirical evidence to support the existence of the Nessy. It is equally > hard to prove that God does not exist as it is to prove that Nessy does > not exist. > > As I suggested earlier, the flaw of the game is that it presupposes that > faith is not rational. Pure faith can be a rational response to ones > environment. You need not be crazy or stupid to have faith. And since > all things that cannot be proven one way another (such as the existence > or lack of existence of God or Nessy) are matters of faith, to say that > faith is irrational is to say that all people are irrational, because > all people, at the end of the day, base their ultimate beliefs about God > on faith. If all people are irrational, than the statements of none can > be trusted. But since we can observe that some people are rational, and > since all people have faith, and since in rational people, their faith > is founded on some sort of reasonable response to experience, then we > must conclude that faith is rational. > > It is the proclamation of a lack of faith that is irrational because the > person who proclaims a lack of faith is denying all evidence to the > contrary that he cannot disprove the existence of God. > > H. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
