ok then tell me what both of them are
i never claimed you did science improperly but since you brought it up. the fact that you refuse to watch very short videos i post strongly suggests you are protecting a cognitive bias.
in a scientific process one is supposed to gather as much data as possible. you dont do that
atheists/antitheist have a horrid mental process. i remember a antitheist in a debate got so flustered as they are so enamored with what they thing is the maximum mental capabilities "if i was wrong dont you think i would know it"
yes?
Religous faith is believing something without any possibility of evidence for or against the claim since the claim itself is by definition supernatural and operates outside of the natural universe. This means we cant gather data for or against the claim. That is religious faith. Its without reason.
Faith/Believe in the natural sense of the word is either based on experience or is based on likelyhood combined with importance of the issue.
For example:
If I have faith in my abilities then I mean I trust myself based on previous experience. So I have a reason to trust myself.
Other example: If you tell me you got 10 bucks in your wallet, I believe you. The reason is that its a very ordinary claim and I have no reason to think you would lie about having 10 bucks in your wallet. Also, its not of importance.
If you would say you have a billion bucks on your bank account, I wouldnt believe it without reason to believe it aince the claim is not ordinary anymore.
I am sure you also know one principle of gun safety, which is: Every gun is always loaded, right? This makes a lot of sense as long as its not your weapon and it needs to be used. If a burglar breaks into your home and you get your gun to stop him, you wont rely on that principle anymore. You'll check if its ready because the occasion has changed.
If I believe theres no free will, I believe it based on the evidence for or against that claim. I thought about it and all I find is things that point towards no free will. I cant come to any line of thoughts that would lead to free will either with or without religion.
The reason why I dont watch videos you post is because I talk to you and not dudes in a video. If an important message is in a video, just tell me. Its not hard.
And to your "Yes?" let me quote yourself if I may:
You wrote: "How do you know its aquired passive knowledge and it wasnt passed to me by other means"
Passed to you by other means is also aquired passive knowledge, so what you wrote made no sense.
This post was edited by Saurod on Jul 7 2025 08:50am