Last thread kind of got derailed lol. To my theist peeps: Is it reasonable when the answer is unknown to conclude that god is the answer? [Spirituality & Religion]
Many creationists will say "I can't see how life could have evolved, therefor i am justified in believing god did it". Is that a justified rational? Many will recognize this as a logical fallacy known as an argument from incredulity: If i don't know how x could be then i am justified in believing y.
Do you think this kind of thinking is a reliable way of knowing what is true?
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Half the theists are too indoctrinated to believe anything but what has been taught to them. So many might have even experienced cognitive dissonance but chose to go back to what they are comfortable with. It's kind of frustrating.
Yeah it can be awfully hard to break out of the patterns of thinking you grew up with. I think i encountered just such a person in the last thread. When faced with the realization that maybe this is not a reasonable path to truth, he started quoting scripture to me.
