Don't listen to him. He probably started believing in god because his family told to not because of the reasons mentioned above. He searched for those reasons because he had doubts about his beliefs and now claims that belief in god is the best choice. I already showed him it's not but you can't reason with these people.
Ha ha you sound a little nervous there Astargath. Most people confident in the merits of their position do not need to tell people not to listen to competing arguments.
I would not worry about aesma. He appears to understand logic quite well. He honed in immediately on the limitations of Perry Marshall's argument pages and pages ago. I am confident he will also understand the implications and limitations of my argument above.
Regarding my personal motivations I have been honest in my beliefs and how I arrived at them. I find it odd that you feel compelled to attack my character.
I will respond in depth to your latest commentary on Perry Marshall's logic tomorrow or perhaps the day after. However, the very nature of your recent statements indicate a lack of understanding.
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how do you know what he is saying is right
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you are trusting perry marshall
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Aren't the points mentioned above logical?
With logical arguments there is no trust or belief there are simply axioms and conditional statements that result from those axioms.
Either you can see the validity of a logical argument, or you cannot. If I say if p, then q, p, therefore q and you say no its not, all I can do is stare at you.
That said your critique deserves a response. I have already highlighted the limitations of Perry Marshall's argument upthread but I will detail how those limitations relate to your latest comment above shortly.