tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post1224255908853862906..comments2024-01-25T00:50:10.679-05:00Comments on Thoughts from a Sandwich: Why I say there is no godDagoodShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04557451438888314932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post-91277191732016873892007-03-04T18:38:00.000-05:002007-03-04T18:38:00.000-05:00Guy Sonntag,A Person asked in a comment why I say ...Guy Sonntag,<BR/><BR/>A Person asked in a comment why I say there is no God. This entry, my friend, is why <B>I</B> say there is no god. You are quite correct that my theistic belief has its own ropes. Can’t argue with that.<BR/><BR/>Although I have the philosophical reasons, the intellectual reasons, and even emotional reasons (I think), this here is the bottom line where I, personally, say, “Nope. No god.” Do you want me to go through the philosophical arguments? *wink*<BR/><BR/>(For anyone else, Guy Sonntag and I have discussed broadly the more formal arguments for god on his blog.)<BR/><BR/>Could one be right? Sure. But I truly wish that theists would understand how remote their position was. How shockingly in the minority their position was. <BR/><BR/>If you were certain of a truth, in which a vast predominance of the world disagreed—how would you act? Wouldn’t you try and put together your best argument? Wouldn’t you try and humbly demonstrate it with convincing proof in such a way that would give others pause?<BR/><BR/>Part of me tires of this perpetual (and it is true for all positions on theism) stance of superiority, when none of use have the majority view. Show me something different! Show me something special! Show me something that would make me hesitate and say, “Is it possible THAT is the rope?”<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, watching all the humans fight over what even they admit is a human concept and question how I could dare say it was a human concept makes me wish I could point out that…well…it is a human concept.DagoodShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04557451438888314932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post-92072667029360006872007-03-03T11:56:00.000-05:002007-03-03T11:56:00.000-05:00I understand what you're saying. Seeing the big p...I understand what you're saying. Seeing the big picture, the tangle of rope, offers one a sense objectivity. Reading your analogy brings two questions to mind, however.<BR/><BR/>First, if everyone holding a rope that extends from themselves to the God-concept claims exclusivity, all may be wrong, and certainly no two can both be right, but might not one be right?<BR/><BR/>Second, if I attempt to remove myself from the tangle by claiming there is no God, aren't I also claiming exclusivity, thus connecting yet another rope to the God-concept?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com