It has been some time since the last comment. Are we still discussing now?
I think I have found my crux: If it could be shown that a God belief was founded on a sound epistemology that
reliably produced good results,
reliably did not produce bad results.
And there is enough information available to apply the method.
And the method indicates that God likely exists.
then I must conclude that God likely exists. (I will also not accept ad-hoc special pleading, like “take my particular God as an axiom” plus whatever method I’m already using.)
So my statement B is
“Belief in God is not founded on a sound and reliable epistemology. If it were, that would change my mind about A.”
Is this also a crux for you? So your statement B would be
“Belief in God is founded on a sound and reliable epistemology. If it were not, that would change my mind about A.”
If so, it is our first double crux. I have to assume that it must be, otherwise, you are disputing one of my conditions and admitting that
your God belief is not sound and reliable, or
that we do not have enough information to conclude God exists, or
you think God is unlikely to exist.
Then the next step would be to find a double crux for statement B.
We are still discussing :)
It has been some time since the last comment. Are we still discussing now?
I think I have found my crux: If it could be shown that a God belief was founded on a sound epistemology that
reliably produced good results,
reliably did not produce bad results.
And there is enough information available to apply the method.
And the method indicates that God likely exists.
then I must conclude that God likely exists. (I will also not accept ad-hoc special pleading, like “take my particular God as an axiom” plus whatever method I’m already using.)
So my statement B is
“Belief in God is not founded on a sound and reliable epistemology. If it were, that would change my mind about A.”
Is this also a crux for you? So your statement B would be
“Belief in God is founded on a sound and reliable epistemology. If it were not, that would change my mind about A.”
If so, it is our first double crux. I have to assume that it must be, otherwise, you are disputing one of my conditions and admitting that
your God belief is not sound and reliable, or
that we do not have enough information to conclude God exists, or
you think God is unlikely to exist.
Then the next step would be to find a double crux for statement B.