Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Apologetics: A Displacement of Faith
The simplified presentation of a straight forward theist: "I have faith in God."
The simplified presentation of an apologetic theist: "I have faith in something else that makes God a necessity."
Examples of "something else" include, but aren't limited to:
Apologetics isn't so much a defense of faith, just a displacement of it.
The simplified presentation of an apologetic theist: "I have faith in something else that makes God a necessity."
Examples of "something else" include, but aren't limited to:
- A universe that could only be created by an external agency.
- Complex life that could only be intelligently designed.
- Objective and absolute moral values that exist in some way independent from those who value them.
- An external meaning for life/existence/them personally.
Apologetics isn't so much a defense of faith, just a displacement of it.
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