One of them lacks religious faith; the other doesn't. — Cuthbert
As a Christian Existentialist, Revelation has always told me that the concept of a God is something beyond logic and pure reason, — 3017amen
how does the typical Atheist reconcile their belief system, logically? — 3017amen
Atheism: disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. — 3017amen
As a Christian Existentialist, Revelation has always told me that the concept of a God is something beyond logic and pure reason, — 3017amen
I disagree with this point. There is no beyond logic and reason. There is rational and irrational; logical and illogical; truth and falsehood. However, you can say that there are unknowns to non-Omniscient beings such as us. This is not the same as saying there are things beyond logic and pure reason. The statement "there are things beyond logic and pure reason" is as contradictory/irrational as "there are more triangular things than perfect triangles". Any given belief or statement that is contradictory or irrational, is wrong by definition. — Philosopher19
You can look at what you have. Which is all anyone can do anyway. And certainly each of us controls what we put here to a much higher degree than what we present to the world in general.I don't see how we can really look into characters fully in discussions on the forum, because we don't know know much about other people's lives at all. We are really only able to discuss ideas. — Jack Cummins
I ask you directly to evaluate the truth of it. I'll help.The Debate was closed (I guess it's because I won :razz: ), so I thought I would pick up where 180 and I left off. — 3017amen
God is something beyond logic and pure reason — 3017amen
God moves in a mysterious way — William Cowper
In that respect, since there is obvious mystery, paradox and contradiction in life, how does the typical Atheist reconcile their belief system, logically? — 3017amen
It is better to have something to philosophize about than to have nothing. — Apollodorus
first there was theism and then a-theism, which suggests the primacy of theism over a-theism. — Apollodorus
In cosmology, as the term super-natural would imply, something beyond the laws of nature and pure reason has caused something rather than nothing. These concepts further imply there must be something, logically, that goes beyond the laws of nature (mathematics), and is complicated by the logically impossible explanation/descriptions of consciousness itself. — 3017amen
In a succinct fashion, just by virtue of those simple/standard definitions alone, Atheism itself is not predicated in logic. For instance, if one were to define a God as an Omnipotent Being, that would simply transcend the notion of logic itself (bivalence/law of non-contradiction) and thus make a God logically impossible.
However, many things in life also transcend logic and seem logically impossible to explain/describe/reconcile (without at least some paradox) yet still exist (time, consciousness, etc..).
In that respect, since there is obvious mystery, paradox and contradiction in life, how does the typical Atheist reconcile their belief system, logically? — 3017amen
they have to have some explanation for how brains produce consciousness — RogueAI
So, I think that it is worth looking at the arguments — Jack Cummins
and the debate between theism and atheism is central to philosophy. — Jack Cummins
In that respect, since there is obvious mystery, paradox and contradiction in life, how does the typical Atheist reconcile their belief system, logically?
The noun "God", or whatever name it is given, has yet to be shown to refer to anything in the universe. — NOS4A2
In cosmology, as the term super-natural would imply, something beyond the laws of nature and pure reason has caused something rather than nothing. These concepts further imply there must be something, logically, that goes beyond the laws of nature — 3017amen
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