Honestly, once I make a point, I don't feel the need to argue it to death or make a rebuttal to every challenge thrown out, (especially when these challenges go off on tangents all around my point). I post what I think and I basically allow others to do the same.
But this is a
discussion board!
If you're not interested in discussion, then why are you here?
But for all others, it is my hope that I will be able to share some points that will get them to step back and think about the real reasons they are for or against a creator.
That is not really the purpose of these forums; there are many kiddie-philosophy forums on the Net where people can throw out random thoughts in the hopes of getting others to think.
Here, however, the members are expected to engage one another in discussing the points that they raise, so that we can all understand one another's position. But you claim to be interested in just posting what you think and letting others do likewise in return with no intention of seriously discussing your points aside from
ad nauseam repetition.
I feel the real reasons for our positions on whether are not there is a creator goes beyond the purely rational or intellectual sphere. I believe it has a lot to do with the way we have come to view world conditions (especially the human condition) and the way these views have impacted us emotionally- positively or negatively.
Excellent! But shouldn't this concession go in the other topic, where you claimed the intellectual path to the Creator to be purely logical and rational: 'The deduction of a personal, reasoning Creator, although not empirical, is rational.'?
Jon
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