tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post1130212327602191180..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: How Should I Be A Sceptic -- religious belief and reasoningBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-22449939180002976682008-02-01T07:14:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:14:00.000-08:00.......[sixth deferred footnote here]I will have m..........[sixth deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>I will have more to say about this when I get around to demonstrating there is Someone to trust; I think a sceptic can fairly accept that this relationship <I>would</I> potentially obtain <I>if</I> there was Someone, and I think most of my theist brethren who already accept that Someone exists should at least partly understand now why I say this.Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-15230042235436861522008-02-01T07:13:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:13:00.000-08:00.......[fifth deferred footnote here]I mean 'best'..........[fifth deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>I mean 'best' in terms of 'fullest and widest data'. I think God will always do everything He can to get true knowledge of Himself across to individuals, but the possible scope of success will be partly dependent on individual situations. I will have much more to say about this later.Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-9093198405994390022008-02-01T07:12:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:12:00.000-08:00.......[fourth deferred footnote here]Paul also te..........[fourth deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Paul also tells his congregations that these people who have the Law of God written in their hearts, will not only be condemned but also <I>defended</I> by this inner testimony before the judgment seat of Christ. (Romans 2:14-16)Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-25937494140055679072008-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:00.......[third deferred footnote here]The reports o..........[third deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>The reports of their prophecies in Scripture obviously cannot come before their prophecy; in most (all?) cases, the prophecies were spoken first, and written down later. Any number of prophecies could never have been written down at all. The point here is that, in those stories, God was not purely relying on a Scripture for revelation. Revelation Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-7417861951968902202008-02-01T07:10:00.001-08:002008-02-01T07:10:00.001-08:00.......[second deferred footnote here]He could onl..........[second deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>He could only approach them by analogies; but without some apprehension of the 3-D reality to compare the analogies to, then the analogies cannot be representative in any fashion of 3-D reality. Circles and rectangles can only suggest the 3-D properties of a can of Mountain Dew, if the thinker has some apprehension, expressible or otherwise, of whatJason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-40104260965102864572008-02-01T07:10:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:10:00.000-08:00.......[first deferred footnote here]To say 'God d..........[first deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>To say 'God does not exist, only non-sentient Nature', means that Nature is the ultimate level of reality, and has a characteristic (non-sentience) that excludes another (sentience). Most atheists are also naturalists, insofar as they claim one and only one level of reality exists: the space-time of physical Nature. A pantheist, on the other hand, Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com