J. Warner Wallace answers questions about Christianity in his “Think Like a Detective” series on RightNow Media, the “Netflix of Christian Bible Studies”. In this video, J. Warner talks about various definitions related to belief and faith. Is Biblical faith blind? What is the relationship between evidence and “faith”? What do we mean when we talk about “forensic faith”?
Wallace is a joke. The religious have no clue what evidence actually is. They think that anything they can rationalize to make them feel better about their pre-existing beliefs qualifies as evidence and nothing could be further from the truth. Just because you want it to be true, that's not evidence that it is true. Just because you can't dream up a better explanation doesn't mean the explanation that makes you feel good is the right explanation. Just because a particular religious book gives you a warm fuzzy, that's not evidence that the book is true. The religious have no clue what evidence is, which is why they wind up looking so ridiculous when they trot it out.
Maybe they should do better.
Wallace is a joke. The religious have no clue what evidence actually is. They think that anything they can rationalize to make them feel better about their pre-existing beliefs qualifies as evidence and nothing could be further from the truth. Just because you want it to be true, that's not evidence that it is true. Just because you can't dream up a better explanation doesn't mean the explanation that makes you feel good is the right explanation. Just because a particular religious book gives you a warm fuzzy, that's not evidence that the book is true. The religious have no clue what evidence is, which is why they wind up looking so ridiculous when they trot it out.
Maybe they should do better.
He makes a living at being a cold case forensic investigator...:roll:
They cannot do better. They cannot look at things with an open mind.
Which doesn't stop him from being an irrational moron when it comes to religion. Are you going to answer the post or just appeal to authority?
Why are Christians always trying to convince themselves that their beliefs are correct?
I keep hearing comments about faith being blind...there is no proof...yet J Warner Wallace is able to make the connection between faith and evidence...faith is not blind but is based on good evidence...not complete proof but reasonable evidence...
There are several definitions of "proof". There is a mathematical one...and there is a legal one (beyond reasonable doubt).
Let's grant this guy the luxury of just having the legal definition.
Where is the evidence that god exists, beyond reasonable doubt?
Look in the mirror...you exist, don't you? How about your loved ones? You have air to breathe? Food to eat? You live in relative happiness? Life is good? You can thank God for that and much more...
I don’t really understand those kinds of assertions. No effort is made to connect the dots on why any of those things have anything to do with a god. They’re just big claims made on the God’s behalf.
Plus, if these things were good indications that there is a god, wouldn’t this mean if I wasn’t living in relative happiness, if I didn’t have enough food to eat and if life was a constant struggle, then I have good reason to believe there isn’t a god?
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There are several definitions of "proof". There is a mathematical one...and there is a legal one (beyond reasonable doubt).
Let's grant this guy the luxury of just having the legal definition.
Where is the evidence that god exists, beyond reasonable doubt?
Look in the mirror...you exist, don't you? How about your loved ones? You have air to breathe? Food to eat? You live in relative happiness? Life is good? You can thank God for that and much more...
Look at the trees!
Welcome to the argument from ignorance!
Nope, but I can make a god. So can anyone. And my made up god has every bit as much evidence for it as yours.
Why are Christians always trying to convince themselves that their beliefs are correct?
Not me, and not most of my Christian friends either.
What amazes us is how shallow and narrow-minded atheists and agnostics are concerning the numerous evidences for Christ and Christianity. Very few of them have ever done any substantial investigations of the evidences of the New Testament. Usually it's at best a quick, superficial reading of the Bible, without digging deeper into the Gospels and other evidences.
I've read parts of the New Testament in ancient Greek. Been there, done that.
It's always funny to watch the religious claim atheists don't know about their silly book of multiple choice when we know a lot more about it than they do.
It's always funny to watch the religious claim atheists don't know about their silly book of multiple choice when we know a lot more about it than they do.
I've read a lot of St. Thomas--and Aristotle who he called "The Philosophy." Also studied St Anselm. Read the entire Bible beginning to end at least once. Not against it, just never understood the whole conversion thing.
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