QuestionEverything wrote:Kevin seems to be a nice enough guy, and seems to mean well, but it is impossible to take him from point A to point B in a rational, logical sequence.
QuestionEverything, how have you come to the conclusion that it is impossible to take me "from point A to point B in a rational, logical sequence"?
QuestionEverything wrote:In fact, in that thread he basically rejects the need for the Scientific Method, or evidence of any kind, to justify his claims. He seems to feel that they are basically self-validating.
Are you talking about my claim that if one approaches God (without confirmation bias, ready to base the whole rest of that one's life on whatever answer God provides) and asks God a question, that that one can count on God giving that one a kernel of truth s/he can use as a foundation for that one's own personal theology? And if so, you're saying that I "seem to feel that" that claim is "basically self-validating"? If so, how did I give you that impression? I never
meant to imply that that claim was self-validating.
QuestionEverything wrote:Kevin seems content with his beliefs, and unless he starts to ask himself the same questions that enabled many of us to "break the spell," there doesn't seem to be any way others will be able to trigger this process.
QuestionEverything, you
say you want me to question everything, and yet when I question the assertions that you have made, like whether one needs "the Scientific Method, or evidence of any kind, to justify the" mentioned claim, suddenly that makes me someone a rational person can not discuss things with. So are you saying I should question everything
except the things that you assert? If not, then why
does one need the Scientific Method or evidence of any kind to justify the mentioned claim?
And regardless of your answer to any of those questions, what
are the mentioned "same questions that enabled many of" you to "break the spell"? I have no aversion to asking questions.
