"Blind faith" versus "choosing to believe"

[juvenissun]

How is that evidence for Christianity?

Only Christianity says that there is no human anywhere else but on the earth.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Only Christianity says that there is no human anywhere else but on the earth.

That doesn't seem to be accurate. But even if it were, how is that evidence for Christianity?

 

[juvenissun]

That doesn't seem to be accurate. But even if it were, how is that evidence for Christianity?

A very low level question.

If what the Bible says is true, then Christianity is true.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

A very low level question.

If what the Bible says is true, then Christianity is true.

What the Bible says about what specifically? The Bible contains a huge number of claims. You need to be specific. It's not a low-level question, but a broad question, given that you haven't focused on any particular claim.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

All evidences do not need to be certain. Anything "apparently" true could be used as an evidence.

Ha. No. Because you know zero about the compositions of other planets nor the exact composition in which life can exist in. There could be other life forms that are configured in entirely different ways on other planets. Europa is actually one of the best candidates since it has full oceans under an ice layer.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

A very low level question.

If what the Bible says is true, then Christianity is true.

The bible also says that 3 days and nights can pass without a sun present.

 

[JGG]

Only Christianity says that there is no human anywhere else but on the earth.

What does the Bible say precisely?

 

[juvenissun]

What the Bible says about what specifically? The Bible contains a huge number of claims. You need to be specific. It's not a low-level question, but a broad question, given that you haven't focused on any particular claim.

Than you should specify your question.
I have answered that in another reply. The Bible says that human is only created on the earth, not anywhere else.

 

[juvenissun]

What does the Bible say precisely?

Genesis 1 and 2.

 

[juvenissun]

The bible also says that 3 days and nights can pass without a sun present.

The Bible says a lot of other things. That is not the point in my example. Do not side track the argument. I responded to someone who liked to see an "evidence" of Christianity.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

The Bible says a lot of other things. That is not the point in my example. Do not side track the argument. I responded to someone who liked to see an "evidence" of Christianity.

And you presented none. And then you assert that because it says that there are humans on Earth, like any five year old could point out, it's a true religion. I believe early humans recognized other humans were on the planet. This doesn't bring you any closer to evidence for Christianity. Pointing out a common sense notion, the nerve...

 

[Davian]

It DOES demonstrate.
The Bible says that God only creates human on the earth, not at anywhere else. (so there is no little green man anywhere in this universe)
We can test it again and again and again. People ARE doing that. So, is this an evidence? Why not?

It is not evidence because of the large number of Earth-type extrasolar planets we have not visited.

When will you deliver my spaceship?

 

[JGG]

Genesis 1 and 2.

1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

I don't see what you see. Can you explain how it says humans are only on the Earth?

 

[GrimKingGrim]

When will you deliver my spaceship?

It seems he's very busy using his

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Per the forum guidelines, I'd like to stay on topic with this thread and not get distracted into a theological debate.

I have a simple question:
1. Many atheists claim that Christians have a "blind faith" (meaning that they believe something with zero evidence to support their belief).
2. Many atheists also claim that one cannot choose to believe something. Rather, they say that people only come to believe something through the evaluation of persuasive evidence.

Isn't it contradictory for a single atheist to simultaneously profess that both claims stated above are true?

Joshua,

No, both of these claims are compatible with the usual atheistic perspective (i.e. the assumption that EVIDENTIALISM is the only legitimate epistemological model for evaluating and understanding the world in which we live). So, for them, unless some kind of exacting Correspondence between idea and incoming data is evident in regard to Christian faith, there is no cognitive substance to the concept of Christian belief.

Peace
2PhiloVoid

 

[juvenissun]

It is not evidence because of the large number of Earth-type extrasolar planets we have not visited.

When will you deliver my spaceship?

The fact that we can not find any, IS the evidence. It is repeatable and testable.

 

[juvenissun]

Joshua,

No, both of these claims are compatible with the usual atheistic perspective (i.e. the assumption that EVIDENTIALISM is the only legitimate epistemological model for evaluating and understanding the world in which we live). So, for them, unless some kind of exacting Correspondence between idea and incoming data is evident in regard to Christian faith, there is no cognitive substance to the concept of Christian belief.

Peace
2PhiloVoid

There are many such descriptions in the Bible.

 

[Davian]

The fact that we can not find any, IS the evidence. It is repeatable and testable.

How many Earth-type extrasolar planets have you visited? Don't exaggerate, now.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

The fact that we can not find any, IS the evidence. It is repeatable and testable.

What planets have we searched extensively?

 

[juvenissun]

1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

I don't see what you see. Can you explain how it says humans are only on the Earth?

Chapter 1 and chapter 2.
God creates human on the (unique) earth.