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Subject: Re: Knowledge Selection Criteria

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Date Posted: 04:42:13 04/16/05 Sat
In reply to: Liberal 's message, "Knowledge Selection Criteria" on 02:09:02 04/16/05 Sat

Your example may work for the agnostics. I doubt it will work for most atheists / theists. To them, the belief that God does not exist / exists is not arbitrary. They consider the evidence to be on their side, thinking within their system of beliefs.

>The probabilities of some beliefs are just like
>throwing dice---they deserve the name Arbitrary
>Choices. For example, many argue for the existence of
>God while many argue against it. Both of them have
>put up equally good evidences and arguments. A
>particularly undeniable arguemnt is the incoherence of
>the Christian attributes of God with the reality of
>evil. So I'm afraid, rather unfortunately, the belief
>in existence of God is an Arbitrary Choice.

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Subject	Author	Date
Agree	Liberal	12:14:56 04/16/05 Sat