Thread by @owenbroadcast

take it or leave it but this thread is generally the approach i take to answering the question of how we logically know God exists (which i actually think is valid). i think its the best approach because it backs the other person into a corner they cant get out of, usually.

https://twitter.com/owenbroadcast/status/1393577321060253697

there are some ways people normally try and get out of it, like “well yeah i actually do think the morality of X extreme situation youve painted is subjective” (not true, you can say they dont live like this but you cant really go forward from there, even tho ur correct) [...]

usually what people do is retreat into “well, i Personally think X is evil, yeah. thats my subjective view though”. this is a lot more tedious to power through because it essentially entails pinning them down on the fact that they dont really think its subjective. [...]

usually in that situation ill try appealing to some absurdity like, so why should X be illegal then? or, take the road of, so its subjective, like whether a painting is good, its subjective like that? youre still correct but IRL outside of a debate context it gets hyper tedious.

thats why i like going for the angle of “you dont live like this. you live as though what im saying is true”. its quick, memorable (for others), its obviously the case, its very difficult to fully weasel out of (because its so obviously the case). [...]

at that point because they cant keep going forward theyll turn back around + make it about u, like this guy did, you’re being dogmatic, you’re being XYZ, but if you just point out that theyre doing this because they cant keep going forward its pretty much over (because ur right)

this isnt “from” mere christianity but i think i started taking this approach because of the first chapter in that book, which i read a super long time ago and never stopped thinking about (because its so plainly and clearly true yet runs counter to “common wisdom” at this time).