Theism and Atheism

In a post the other day at this blog, I linked to a couple of posts by the brothers Curt and Shonk which looked at the proposition that statistically the non-existence of “God” could be proven.  I found both posts to be interesting.  This morning, Curt has a continuation post up titled “A tale of a theism scorned--continued!," which expands on the previous posts.  Curt’s concluding statement.

"But this type of argument actually just proves my point, because here this distinction is not a logical one, but simply a matter of priorities. We find it necessary to accept the existence of food, for example, so we do; God’s existence is not necessary, so we do not accept it. Therefore, we can see that the real basis for belief is not rational, impersonal, but rather subjective and personal, which I do not necessarily consider an intellectual tragedy, but simply the way things in reality are and always have been. If we accept that the ultimate criterion of our beliefs is our subjective, personal needs, then we can perhaps more directly address those needs and even maybe attain a measure of happiness, at any rate more so than if we persist in adhering to abstract, illusory paradigms."

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