Well the only existing evidence for the nature of a God, given it exists, are the beliefs billions of people have held over thousands of years. This evidence suggests (no matter how weakly), that God is as they think it is. In the absence of any other evidence, this means it is more likely that God is as they think than anything else.
(Especially so when you think about how many people have believed these things and over how much time; surely it’s reasonable to consider the possibility that they are right. [I think I might be talking about “epistemic humility” but I’m not familiar with the terminology])
But the evidence for a reasonable god seems at least as plausible to me.
Although more people throughout history may have believed in an arbitrary unreasonable god… those people seem a lot less knowledgeable and logical then those people who believe a benevolent creator is possible.
The only point I was making was that not all versions of God are equally likely, so the possible utilities of heaven and hell don’t cancel. I don’t know what the most likely form of God is, but it sounds like we both agree that not all of them are equally likely.
Well the only existing evidence for the nature of a God, given it exists, are the beliefs billions of people have held over thousands of years. This evidence suggests (no matter how weakly), that God is as they think it is. In the absence of any other evidence, this means it is more likely that God is as they think than anything else.
(Especially so when you think about how many people have believed these things and over how much time; surely it’s reasonable to consider the possibility that they are right. [I think I might be talking about “epistemic humility” but I’m not familiar with the terminology])
But the evidence for a reasonable god seems at least as plausible to me.
Although more people throughout history may have believed in an arbitrary unreasonable god… those people seem a lot less knowledgeable and logical then those people who believe a benevolent creator is possible.
The only point I was making was that not all versions of God are equally likely, so the possible utilities of heaven and hell don’t cancel. I don’t know what the most likely form of God is, but it sounds like we both agree that not all of them are equally likely.