tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post6960906880696337626..comments2023-10-15T08:36:48.841-07:00Comments on A Counter Apologist Blog: What christians get right about deconversion A Counter Apologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173218521712325250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-57423742018868532152019-01-06T11:24:53.386-08:002019-01-06T11:24:53.386-08:00"In it Berger demonstrates the role and impor..."In it Berger demonstrates the role and importance of the church, specifically church communities, in providing legitimacy to the biblical narrative."<br /><br />Is this just an appeal to the bandwagon effect? One million Dodge owners can't be wrong? "Look at all these people here in church--how could they be here if the Jesus story were nonsense?"GalileoUnchainedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671825540895865252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-35756858165477371372018-12-30T03:09:47.810-08:002018-12-30T03:09:47.810-08:00Do you think that conversion proves something abou...Do you think that conversion proves something about the nature of truth concerning God or Christianity? I don't. It might challenge a Calvinist but I'm not one. Actually I think it would make a Calvinist feel confirmed.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-1182528812098264652018-12-27T07:12:26.896-08:002018-12-27T07:12:26.896-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-9702352125432189712018-12-23T15:31:19.479-08:002018-12-23T15:31:19.479-08:00I thought I perceived god in certain situations wh...I thought I perceived god in certain situations when I was a believer. I now think I was mistaken. A Counter Apologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173218521712325250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-31504553647531515312018-12-18T19:50:56.519-08:002018-12-18T19:50:56.519-08:00Regarding your discussion with Randal Rauser…
You...Regarding your discussion with Randal Rauser…<br /><br />Your main point is:<br /><i>Instinct, emotion, and social contexts can and do get in the way of making the most rational evaluation of a situation in very many contexts.</i><br /><br />What is interesting is that Rauser agrees with your point entirely.<br /><br />Interestingly what is absent from yours & Rauser's thesis concerning deconversion is <i>perception</i>.<br /><br />If one never had a perception of God does this idea of de-conversion even make sense?<br /><br />Philip Randhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143527524267821692noreply@blogger.com