Professing Theist

I am a Christian apologist (an apologist is a defender of the faith). I enjoy responding to criticisms of Christianity and hearing other perspectives.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist k, where did I make the claim that there is a first cause that is a deity? otherwise, by definition, you're targetting a claim I never made and are making a random diversion

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist Cool, so you agree that this was a random diversion and wasn't getting after any claims I made

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist no

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist Cool, so you fully admit that you're targetting claims that I never made.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist and where exactly did I suggest that the first cause is a deity? I literally just said that I think there is a first cause and commented nothing about its nature. why are you reaching so hard

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist nah, didn't do that

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist alright?

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist You "addressed" it in a way that also addressed things that were not there. Where did I say we need to stop at the universe, or not stop at the universe, etc? All I said is that I reject an infinite regress.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist Which concepts am I mixing up?

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist I did say "traditional theism is fully grounded in religious thought", yes

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist philosophers of religion, which is the field that studies arguments for and against theism

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist what? I didn't provide any definition of theism there.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist seems like you're targetting claims I never made

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist what? the article was literally written by one of the most prominent atheists in the field. I have no idea what you are on about

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist yes, but the consensus of experts in the relevant field will have more validity than the council of new atheist matt Dillahunty toe suckers. as for your second question, traditional theism is fully grounded in religious thought, there is not much room for puzzlement.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist This is to misunderstand what the meme is saying. The meme isn't saying that new atheism, in particular, means "lack of belief in theism", but that new atheists espouse this definition and that it is inferior to the one standardly used in the relevant field, Phil of religion.

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist ah ok, the full image didn't appear until I clicked it :/

still completely accurate though

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@Watchmiker @054durin @CapturingChrist wasn't making a statement about your feelings, but about an action you were doing, namely, that of whining

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @CapturingChrist ... like ... atheist philosophers of religion?

[Professing Theist @ProfessingT]

@054durin @Watchmiker @wxMichael @CapturingChrist this is irrelevant. do you think that the following argument is a non-sequitur:
1) Who created God?
2) Therefore, God does not exist.