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Do atheists require a higher standard of proof in favor of Christ and Christianity than they do for their doubt and disbelief?
Is there a bias that accepts more easily one type of evidence and reasoning (away from belief in God)? Is there a bias that rejects more easily another type of evidence and reasoning (towards belief in God)?
Philosophical justification for belief in a god includes:
Evidence of Christianity includes:
There are a lot of problems with this and many logical fallacies. False dichotomies, strawmen, begging the question, etc.. I don't have time to go through all of them, but for example you say
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How do you know? How long did it take to figure out the sun does not revolve around the earth? The beauty of science is that we can always come closer and closer to the truth by testing, empirical data, etc... Just because science has not demonstrated it yet, does not mean that it couldn't someday. You are jumping to conclusions. Also, why would you jump to the conclusion that your God, presumably the Christian God, was the one doing the creation? I think you are the one being biased with evidence.
Is there a bias that accepts more easily one type of evidence and reasoning (away from belief in God)? Is there a bias that rejects more easily another type of evidence and reasoning (towards belief in God)?
Philosophical justification for belief in a god includes:
- Everything that exists has a cause outside of itself. Therefore, the universe must have a cause outside of itself (God)
- Life exists and has never been shown to originate from non-living things. Therefore, life must have a cause outside of itself (God).
- More
Evidence of Christianity includes:
- Sacred and secular histories (Josephus,etc.) dating back to the first century A.D.
- Many early manuscripts for the Bible going back within a few generations of the actual events.
- Evidence of Acts being written before the death of the Apostle Paul (circa 67 A.D.)
- The long history and endurance of the nation of Israel
- The long, diverse history and endurance of the Christian Church
- The faith and endurance of martyrs including early martyrs in the first century A.D.
- Long-standing observances such as the Passover, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Lord's Supper
- Testimonies of the changed lives of Christians
- Fulfilled prophecy such as the virgin birth and Christ's birth in Bethlehem according to prophecies from Isaiah and Micah that were approximately 700-800 years old when they were fulfilled.
- Archaeological evidences
- More
There are a lot of problems with this and many logical fallacies. False dichotomies, strawmen, begging the question, etc.. I don't have time to go through all of them, but for example you say
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- Life exists and has never been shown to originate from non-living things. Therefore, life must have a cause outside of itself (God)."
How do you know? How long did it take to figure out the sun does not revolve around the earth? The beauty of science is that we can always come closer and closer to the truth by testing, empirical data, etc... Just because science has not demonstrated it yet, does not mean that it couldn't someday. You are jumping to conclusions. Also, why would you jump to the conclusion that your God, presumably the Christian God, was the one doing the creation? I think you are the one being biased with evidence.