Post by movieliker on Jan 5, 2021 17:58:21 GMT
SciFive look at how childish this is;
Eva Yojimbo said
"4) Maybe "falsehood" is the wrong word, but you're essentially saying it's rational to believe something with no evidence or reason to think it's true other than that it makes you happy. Would you say any of these statements are rational:
"Believing I have a billion dollars in my bank account makes me happy. You can't prove I don't, so I'll choose to believe it."
"Believing I'm the reincarnated spirit of Jimi Hendrix makes me happy. You can't prove I'm not, so I'll choose to believe it."
"Believing in The Flying Spaghetti Monster makes me happy. You can't prove it doesn't exist, so I'll choose to believe it."
"Believing in Santa Clause makes me happy. You can't prove he doesn't exist, so I'll choose to believe it."
"Believing we're all living in the matrix makes me happy. You can't prove we aren't, so I'll choose to believe it."
"Believing Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election makes me happy. You can't prove he didn't, so I'll choose to believe it."
God is no different than any of these things.
The only difference between belief and knowledge is the confidence level. Knowledge is something you might be 99.99% certain is true, while you can believe anything that reaches a subjective threshold that you think is true. So how confident are you that God exists? 50%? 66%? 75%? 90%? And what evidence/reasoning did you use to get to that level, keeping in mind that "it makes me feel good" is not evidence that God exists?"
Ha ha ha . . . It's like a mental temper tantrum.