John Forbes wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:00 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
fra: Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This one time, at band camp, "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is actually irrelevant to the issue of whether God exists or
not.
This is a simple one.
If you believe God exists, then yes, there is a God.
If you do not believe God exists, then there is no God.
But what then if you don't believe in a god, but also accepts that
you may be wrong. And you end up ingoring the matter because it
doesn't affect you life any way?
DagT the agnostic .-)
None of us can know for certain whether there is a god or not. If we
are rational, we must conclude that there is very little hard
evidence to support the view that a god exists, or existed, and
therefore we are likely to conclude, on a balance of probabilities,
that there isn't a god, and never was.
However, that still leaves us with no answer to the question of how
the universe began. Those who believe in a god can sidestep that
question, which is very convenient for them.
No.
Those who believe in a God can *answer* the question, not sidestep it.
Throughout human history, more rational people have believed in God, or
gods, than haven't. In all cultures.
I am not suggesting that the minority of humans in modern times who
conclude (for whatever) that there is no god are all irrational. I
object to your implying that those of us who conclude (for whatever
reason) that God (or gods) exist are not rational. That suggestion is
both arrogant and ridiculous.
