ID as a Cultural Phenomenon (Humans)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Sunday, September 27, 2009, 22:29 (5327 days ago) @ dhw

I've not been following this thread closely, but I thought perhaps I should respond to the folllowing from dhw:-I'd wondered if David and George would agree with you that their conclusions were based on philosophical predisposition, and David confirmed that his were. You wrote: "If you do not have actual knowledge about the creator, all you are doing is airing opinion or conviction." No-one can argue with that. But in no context that allows for different viewpoints (religion, morality, aesthetics, politics) can conclusions be based on actual knowledge, so what are they based on?-The problem with this approach is that it is based on black and white logic. I would say as usual that I base my views on the evidence, and the only difference between the subjects you mention and subjects like physics or biology are that the facts may be more difficult to ascertain with the same level of certainty. In other words I make a probabilistic judgment based on the evidence. -In the case of the question of a creator god, of the usual kinds proposed by the main religions, I consider my conclusion that there is no such being as certain as, say, the existence of Australia. I don't have any "philosophical predisposition" towards atheism. I'm an atheist because that is how I evaluate the evidence. I'm sure I've said this many times already.

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GPJ