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Old 05-27-2008, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Hippo View Post
I really dislike the apologetic approach that argues for a god.

I have sat through apologetic lectures that argue against atheism and use Flew as a prime example that theism is reasonable, but it only begs the question of why the Christian God.

If we argue for theism we cannot complain if people get to a theistic position and then decide which god is most reasonable for them to believe in. This is as bad as atheism.
Precisely, according to that apologetic method, all you have done is moved someone from one form of idolatry (atheism) to another (a belief in a god of their own imagination).
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