Thursday, May 26, 2011

The last line says it all

The original article was posted at Myth: Atheist Critiques are Simplistic, Don't Understand Sophisticated Theology. Where Austin Cline asks the following question "Should Atheists Study More Sophisticated Theology to Address God, Religion?"

In my mind's eye I find this question to be almost rhetorical. I was/am a ex bible and theology major and last I knew religious, belief was, well religious belief. As Cline says, "This sort of response allows believers to imagine that somewhere out there is a sophisticated, complex, and wonderful set of religious beliefs which is just too much for atheists to handle."

Cline then goes on to point out:

The most sophisticated version of a bad idea doesn't rescue that idea from being bad; the most sophisticated belief in something false doesn't rescue that belief from being false. Even if we grant that there are indeed genuinely sophisticated theological ideas, arguments, and beliefs, none of that matters if the ideas and arguments are bad and beliefs are false.


In all reality tho, I think a comment left at The Damned in reference to the above article sums it up the best:

You can’t talk about 2nd base until you demonstrate there is a 1st base.

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