tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549068356727027425.post2572766409451925480..comments2021-11-28T06:01:13.593-08:00Comments on Dark Magnet: The search for God, the search for spiritual communityAndrew Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15000015335704059907noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549068356727027425.post-51026262086685326062010-01-18T21:01:21.605-08:002010-01-18T21:01:21.605-08:00I have a few comments.
My position does not app...I have a few comments. <br /><br />My position does not appear on the list. I would arrange the list thus: <br /><br />Strong Theism<br />Theistic Seeker<br />Theistic Agnosticism<br />Strong Agnosticism<br />Atheistic Agnosticism<br />Moderate Atheism: the totality of evidence provides good reason to believe that there is no God, though the non-existence of God is not known for certain, e.g., it is not established by a priori logical proof<br />Strong Atheism<br /><br />(The list is not exhaustive.) <br /><br />I am a moderate atheist. The truth of moderate atheism is easier to establish tham the truth of strong atheism, so the absence of moderate atheism on the list might leave readers with the impression that the truth of atheism is more difficult to establish than it actually is, when in fact the truth of atheism is rather easy to establish. <br /><br />I think Turiansky's question is somewhat coercive. Turiansky asks: <br /><br />You have spent a good part of your adult life seeking a deity and a faith community that meet certain criteria that have been established by, well, yourself. Does it not occur to you that any such god would be one of your own making, and not a real one at all?<br /><br />I think this is coercive because it discourages rational thought about God. I believe that if God exists and is worthy of worship, then we must be able to make moral sense of Him. That is, He must satisfy whatever criteria we have for a monotheistic deity. Turiansky suggests that your criteria are merely subjective. Well, why grant that assumption? Why shouldn't you believe that your criteria are objective and that any real god not of your own making must satisfy them?Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03793923196182331129noreply@blogger.com