Originally Posted by Galt
Why should I educate myself in the art of the evasion of reality?
be careful in so superficially dismissing one side of a debate, as it only naturally leads me to wonder if you have even spent time examining both sides, or if you are just too immature to do so.
Craig has a PhD in philosophy, and I think you would find his works very new and interesting, seeing as you already have an interest in this topic. 'reasonable faith' is his flagship book, and I highly recommend it for you.
there are good books on the other side, too. I would stay away from the 'popular' atheists like Dawkins or Hitchens, and recommend other established philosophers and people like Shook, Antony, etc.
That title is an oxymoron. But I'll wiki it.
nope, it's not an oxymoron. But I hope you find something
in it worth your time.
Last edited by BlakNWyte; Feb 28, 2010 at 01:33 AM.
Originally Posted by Galt
Why should I educate myself in the art of the evasion of reality?
Because more intelligent men than you have kindly published their views on it. Although from that post it looks like you haven't studied the philosophy surrounding religion in much depth at all, so i would recommend reading the views of those who have in order to help you develop an educated opinion.
Originally Posted by BlakNWyte
nope, it's not an oxymoron.
Reason and faith contradict eachother.
Originally Posted by H4rl3quin
Because more intelligent men than you have kindly published their views on it. Although from that post it looks like you haven't studied the philosophy surrounding religion in much depth at all, so i would recommend reading the views of those who have in order to help you develop an educated opinion.
I already have my educated opinion on religion. I see no reason to furthur expose myself to irrationality.
Originally Posted by Galt
Reason and faith contradict eachother.
I don't think that you're taking into account what Craig himself means when he uses the term reasonable faith. Faith doesn't seem to be used to refer to belief without reason. He has written various papers trying to give some kind of justification to theistic belief in general, and Christian belief in particular.
I already have my educated opinion on religion. I see no reason to furthur expose myself to irrationality.
Can you name one argument for Christianity?