I saw this on the side while reading an unrelated post...
The church’s consistency with my own morality is, I think, evidence that the Church is correct. Without the church, my morality would still exist.
I’m much more inclined to think it’s evidence that you were raised in the church, or in a culture influenced by the church, etc...
If I rephrase what you said, it’s “Party X’s agreement with me on subject Y is evidence that Party X can think well and is probably right about other things, too.” Please tell me you meant something else...
PS: You seem capable of updating, judging from a few of the comments in this thread, and you seem to care about the truth. The next step is to stop holding your own beliefs to a different standard of evidence than you do other beliefs. I hope you find your time in the soon-to-be-formerly-theistic camp more fun than I did.
Your point is only applicable inasmuch as you took my quote out of context. I was asked to choose one of two options; I chose the one that seemed most right to me. I could be wrong, but your point doesn’t answer to the original question.
I saw this on the side while reading an unrelated post...
I’m much more inclined to think it’s evidence that you were raised in the church, or in a culture influenced by the church, etc...
If I rephrase what you said, it’s “Party X’s agreement with me on subject Y is evidence that Party X can think well and is probably right about other things, too.” Please tell me you meant something else...
PS: You seem capable of updating, judging from a few of the comments in this thread, and you seem to care about the truth. The next step is to stop holding your own beliefs to a different standard of evidence than you do other beliefs. I hope you find your time in the soon-to-be-formerly-theistic camp more fun than I did.
Your point is only applicable inasmuch as you took my quote out of context. I was asked to choose one of two options; I chose the one that seemed most right to me. I could be wrong, but your point doesn’t answer to the original question.