Heyo
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It depends on the information one has and the credibility of the information. For a child it is reasonable to believe in Santa if the only credible source says that he exists and the evidence (presents!) supports it.
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reasonable to believe in God?
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PureX
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You are also a 'we', like it or not.
If there is some reason, then it is reasonable.
You're free to think so, as arrogant, inconsiderate, and rude as continuing to speak for me might be given I've asked you several times not to.
PureX
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To speak about you as a "we" is not speaking for you. You really need to get over this weird peccadillo of yours.
So you have gone from speaking for me to telling me what I need to do. That's cute.
But then again, I guess you were already telling me what I need to do here...
paarsurrey
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paarsurrey
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Eddi said:
Is it reasonable for a person to believe in God?
And one's arguments for it, please?
Regards
Is it reasonable for a person to believe in God?
" Yes. "
And one's arguments for it, please?
Regards
I was answering the question in the OP. Why would a response to a yes or no question require an argument? I have no desire to build an argument for a subjective opinion. What comes of it that is productive?
Clizby Wampuscat
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I don't think it is reasonable. Is it reasonable to believe in fairies or bigfoot? I think the evidence for a god existing is bad so it is not reasonable to believe a god exists. Maybe someday it will.
That's okay...Bigfoot doesn't believe in you either!
(I have that on a t-shirt)
He's sort of a cultural icon up here in the pnw.
Clizby Wampuscat
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Ha! If a mythical creature existed I would want it to be bigfoot.
He is here, too. One of the more famous bigfoot researchers (he's been featured in many of the bigfoot 'documentaries') lives just a few miles from here, and there have been sightings and recordings in the neighborhood as well. One of the shows once set up a watch/listen in a small private cemetery a few hundred feet down the road from us...if I'd known before hand I would have made sure they heard something...
paarsurrey
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reasonable to believe in God?
It is most reasonable to believe in G-d, right?Why not?
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"Most" implies more reasonable than anything else.
What are the other options? Believing in other gods? Not believing in any gods? Believing in Santa Claus? Believing the earth is flat? Believing the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop can be reached in three licks?
PureX
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Believing things to be true when we don't and can't actually know to be so is generally not a good idea. It's basically a form of self-deception that tends to separate us from reality. And therefor from truth.
On the other hand, choosing to trust in a truth that is possible, even though unknowable, and then acting as if, can often result in bringing about the truth that we were hoping for. And that's called acting on faith, as opposed to belief. The key difference being that faith does not ignore the possibility that the truth we hope for may or may not manifest when we act on it. That keeps us grounded in reality while allowing us to act on our hope.
paarsurrey
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One's reasoning rests with one's understanding of certain words, what if one's understanding of those words is wrong, please, right??
Regards
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