No, I'm not saying "I think I am right therefore I am right." I'm saying the contrary: laws of logic exist, and I demand that we be rational.
I'm a little surprised that you demand anyone be rational. Why? Given your understanding of the universe, why should men be rational?
As a Christian I believe we should be rational because God is a logical God and we are created in His image. I do demand that we be rational in our discourse because laws of logic exist.
But given your worldview, you can't say the same thing--because "laws" don't really exist in the atheistic universe.
Your only problem is you *assume* laws of logic while attacking the only worldview in which laws of logic make sense. You see you are first assuming the Christian Theistic Worldview, attacking it, and then retreating back into your materialistic worldview which doesn't comport with laws of logic.
For example, may I ask: given your axioms, your givens, your presuppositions of the universe...does there exist anything non-material? Can abstract entities like "laws" of thought exist given your worldview?
You may answer, "well laws of logic are just conventions of thought, agreed upon by men." If that's the case--we could all just adopt our own conventional system of logic. You'd see logical societies with their own rules, etc. I could say, "I adopt the convention of logic that says Theism is true, and so I win."
This is absurd. No one believes that logic is a convention, nor do they treat it as such.
You could say, "Well, you assume logic, too, so nyah nyah nyah." Which is true, I do assume laws of logic exist. Except **they make sense within my Christian Theistic Worldview.**
My worldview allows for abstract, universal absolute like laws of logic. The Christian Theistic Worldview is the only worldview I've found that is consistent with human experience.
Laugh away all you want at Christianity. Try to use logic to argue against it. But the irony is that every time you utilize logic you become your own refutation. You can't escape the Christian Theistic Worldview. You have to assume it to make sense of the world.
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No, I'm not saying "I think I am right therefore I am right." I'm saying the contrary: laws of logic exist, and I demand that we be rational.
I'm a little surprised that you demand anyone be rational. Why? Given your understanding of the universe, why should men be rational?
As a Christian I believe we should be rational because God is a logical God and we are created in His image. I do demand that we be rational in our discourse because laws of logic exist.
But given your worldview, you can't say the same thing--because "laws" don't really exist in the atheistic universe.
Your only problem is you *assume* laws of logic while attacking the only worldview in which laws of logic make sense. You see you are first assuming the Christian Theistic Worldview, attacking it, and then retreating back into your materialistic worldview which doesn't comport with laws of logic.
For example, may I ask: given your axioms, your givens, your presuppositions of the universe...does there exist anything non-material? Can abstract entities like "laws" of thought exist given your worldview?
You may answer, "well laws of logic are just conventions of thought, agreed upon by men." If that's the case--we could all just adopt our own conventional system of logic. You'd see logical societies with their own rules, etc. I could say, "I adopt the convention of logic that says Theism is true, and so I win."
This is absurd. No one believes that logic is a convention, nor do they treat it as such.
You could say, "Well, you assume logic, too, so nyah nyah nyah." Which is true, I do assume laws of logic exist. Except **they make sense within my Christian Theistic Worldview.**
My worldview allows for abstract, universal absolute like laws of logic. The Christian Theistic Worldview is the only worldview I've found that is consistent with human experience.
Laugh away all you want at Christianity. Try to use logic to argue against it. But the irony is that every time you utilize logic you become your own refutation. You can't escape the Christian Theistic Worldview. You have to assume it to make sense of the world.
I figured I needed to post because of my name.
But I'd say the best episodes to catch are:
(1) Deathstalker
(2) Mitchell
(3) Prince of Space
(4) The Movie
(5) Soultaker