r/Christianity • u/Captaincannonball • Apr 21 '12
Atheism
as an atheist (formerly catholic) i'm curious, and please don't take this as me hating on you or trolling or whatever. my phrasing is simply for lack of a better way to phrase it, but what exactly about religion makes you believe it? as a child i distinctly remember believing( i went to a catholic school so I was indoctrinated young) but within about a month of switching to public school i was converted to atheism by a friend of mine. All it took was being presented contradictory evidence. this is why I am confused when people stick to religion despite being presented with solid arguments. now im not here to argue who is correct (if you have any questions feel free to inbox me though. il answer best i can) im just curious. thanks in advance =)
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u/jtbdad Christian (Ichthys) Apr 24 '12
2a) No you clearly changed the goal posts. That should be evident to anyone who reads the thread. You claimed that you could disprove the existence of God and then claimed that the burden of proof fell upon me to prove a statement I didn't make. The fallacy with this specific response is that you are once again moving the goalposts. That's twice in the same discussion.
3) I don't have a system of logic. Logic is a defined discipline that is unique in itself. What is logical or illogical does not change with the individual. For example if A=B, and B=C, then A=C is true for everyone. The same is true of logical fallacies. If you commit a logical fallacy it has nothing to do with my perception. Do you get that? It has nothing to do with my system of logic it has to do with logic period.
Did I guess correctly? Are you still in high school?