tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post1104765042431091967..comments2024-03-01T07:35:49.740-08:00Comments on Come Reason's Apologetics Notes: Moving Mountains: How an Atheist Came to Believe in GodLenny Espositohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-30724091177867439782014-05-30T12:30:47.087-07:002014-05-30T12:30:47.087-07:00Burrello,
I appreciate your line of reasoning her...Burrello,<br /><br />I appreciate your line of reasoning here and you are certainly correct that Flew's conversion to deism doesn't by any means show that the existence of any creator is true or false. <br /><br />However, I think the point of Lenny's post here is that from a Christian point of view, one should not give up on discussions with non-Christians because there may just be a time, despite long periods of appearing to have gotten nowhere in the discussion, when the non-Christian may change his/her mind. Lenny's case in point here was Antony Flew, but he made it clear that Flew converted to deism, not Christianity. Additionally, I don't see where it was implied that Flew's conversion to deism implies that Christianity is true.<br /><br />Can Lenny's example here be reversed and applied to the non-Christian talking to the Christian ? Sure. I suppose one could generalize the context away from theism/deism/atheism and the point would still be valid, but since this is a Christian blog, it only makes sense that the context would be that of a Christian seeking to persuade a non-Christian.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188876219389875421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-40632651835390350222014-05-29T14:06:29.632-07:002014-05-29T14:06:29.632-07:00What saves a man is to take a step. And then anot...What saves a man is to take a step. And then another step. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084555013844379904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-71191639392178604252014-05-29T05:18:32.535-07:002014-05-29T05:18:32.535-07:00I appreciate the sentiments, but does this not see...I appreciate the sentiments, but does this not seem a little bit like confirmation bias? An atheist converting to deism is portrayed as evidence for the Christian god and stated to support the idea that honest, open searching leads to only one truth?<br />What then of the countless believers converting to atheism or other religions? Are their searches less open or less honest? <br />It seems somewhat more apparent that honest seekers of truth are lead to many different answers. <br />We must take care with how we assess the world we live in. Someone converting to my line of thinking is not proof of my idea being correct. That would be an inconsistent philosophy. I would not accept the changing of one's mind to be an inherent truth of anything but a willingness to be open to other realms of possibilities. <br />CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com