Is belief in a god rational?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.That depends on your definition I think. But accepting things without proof makes no sense. I know fire burns from proof, not faith.
DerekDerek
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Apr 6, 2018
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Faith and reason are compatible but reason will never give one a proof of god’s existence. Kant argued persuasively why.
Gripster31
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Mar 28, 2018
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@atheist
Yes! But the atheist is making an affirmative claim that there is no god. So the wise position is to doubt and to state their argument. Like an alt-Aquinas an atheist can imply from evidence and deduce the absence of the divine with probability but not certainty.
@Gripster31 wrong about atheists making an affirmative claim. Some may, but it's not the default.
Not at all. Although I respect anyone's decision to do so if it has taken them out of detrimental situations but quite honestly it's that same addictive personality that makes them dependant upon a false deity to pull them from either drugs or a toxic relationship. But no,belief in any god is irrational.
Nogodnohate
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Jan 4, 2018
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No, but a belief in a god by most people was thrust upon them from birth so they never had a chance to think objectively or decide for themselves. They never came to this conclusion .
HarrySlick
Level 7
Dec 20, 2017
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The psychiatric/psychological community surely says it is.
Thebrokenwon
Level 3
Dec 16, 2017
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What is so rational about believing a thought or a word? I've never really seen what the big deal was with that
IamGod
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Sep 27, 2017
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There is no big deal, science even supports that fact and encourages it, and as far as religion being what Michel says it is , many religions are in fact very good like Buddhism and even Christianity , while responsible for bad things, is also responsible for furthering science medicine and education.
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