2007-01-26 05:58:30 · 6 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When I say, "rational", I mean someone who breaks no laws of logic.
2007-01-26 06:06:58 · update #1
Lol. I'd like to think that i'm rational. And I also disagree with people all the time. Like you for instance... I'm gonna assume you're an athiest from the questions you ask. I'm Wiccan. I do however agree with you an awful lot. Thus, we both probably have the same presuppositions and experience...although i am only 21... but essentially, i believe in numerous gods and you probably believe in none. So, in the end, we are probably in major disagreement with each other. But you and chippy are still my favorite athiests of Y!A, and probably my favorite people on here altogether!
2007-01-26 06:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by rhiamon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno. I'm an agnostic. Does a sense of humor count?
Revision: Yes, if one of the two is schitzophrenic, then in spite of their logic they will experience something that the other does not. Schizophrenia, BTW, seems to me relative in terms of now whether someone experiences it, but to what extreme. So it is quite possible that people who say that they have direct contact with God are hearing voices that the rest of us do not experience... If they had medication that made the voices go away, would they stop believing?
You see? Perhaps they "experience" the "evidence" that we do not? (See another question we answered tonight about how we don't all just notice how obvious God is "there." Really? Where? But maybe they *do* "hear" or "see" something?)
so the presuppositions could be the same about experience (ignoring the idea of schizophrenia), but one experiences something the other does not.
Wow are your questions complificated!
2007-01-26 22:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one can be a deist and believe a god exists while the atheist maintains he has "a lack of belief that god exists" (<--- lol...clever tactic), but both would nonetheless be an unbeliever. A Christian, however, would have a different set of presuppositions, namely that God is the sole authority.
2007-01-26 14:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it must be done over beer. I'd agree that our beliefs don't exactly match, and get that shtt out of the way, so I could discuss other things that interest me.
2007-01-26 14:12:26 · answer #4 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm.. let me think. The scientific method... faith. The scientific method... faith. No, we can't agree. Or maybe we can but the scientific method guy is wrong. Wait a minute... did you say rational?
2007-01-26 14:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
presumably, yes
2007-01-26 14:06:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋