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That's only if people are completely logical and rational thinkers....and they are not.
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Are Any Objections to Christian Faith Successful?
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That's only if people are completely logical and rational thinkers....and they are not.
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Not on faith, no. There are a number of assumptions we must make as humans in order to function and communicate, and beyond those our beliefs should be based on evidence. It may be that Christianity cannot be proved false, but it doesn’t have to be. The fact that it must be taken on faith is reason enough to object to belief in it. If there were evidence, it wouldn’t be a faith. Since it’s not based on evidence and it’s not required for our normal functioning, there’s no reason to believe it. I’d call that a strong objection.
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How one arrives at beliefs, is driven by their personal psyche. Some believe because comfort is the main motivator. Others, arrive at beliefs because they have rolled over every rock and they have objective evidence, that arrives them at the belief, even if it is uncomfortable.
And, you have people in the middle of this spectrum.
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Two questions:
- What counts as evidence?
- Is the belief that we should only believe things based on evidence (as described in 1) itself based on evidence?
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1. Empirical observations and logical arguments both count as evidence. We can go through the tedious process of examining why that is, if you want, but that becomes a long discussion about what makes a good epistemology. I tend to go a pragmatist-empiricist-reliabilist route.
2. It’s based on the necessary assumptions we make in order to function and the paths to knowledge that logically follow from them, assuming that we do want our beliefs to reflect reality as reliably as possible.
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I can say I don't even have reasons to think the Bible is particularly good fiction. Successfully.
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