this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
8 points (100.0% liked)

exchristian

863 readers
1 users here now

Welcome to the exchristian community! We strive to provide a safe space for anyone looking to leave the religion or seek comfort while dealing with the fallout from leaving. This site was originally hosted on reddit before the ~~Great~~ Minor Exodus of 2023.

You can find a related exchristian community on Discord.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
8
When Christians confuse an explanation with an argument (onlysky.media)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

FTA:

There’s a difference between (1) explaining how you see things or how your worldview fits together and (2) making an argument with evidence to convince me to adopt your worldview. Said another way, the two options are explaining how you see it (explanation) vs. how I should see it (argument). Apologists sometimes focus on (1) and forget that the words coming out of their mouths are backed by zero evidence.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Illustrations are a good example of this. They're good at showing how the person making the illustration views the world, but they don't actually prove anything about the world itself.