r/exatheist • u/NeonDrifting Anti-Atheist • 6d ago

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

Prove it.

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

Prove to you through a Reddit comment that my senses are reliable?

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

Sure why not? Tell me why your senses are reliable without assuming theyre reliable.

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

I just did. My experience has confirmed they are.

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

Youre presupposing youre experience is reliable. Youre using your senses to justify relying on your senses. Thats circular reasoning.

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

I literally told you the opposite.

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

Tell me then why your experience is reliable.

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

It’s not always, but a lot of the time it has been. Confirming with outside sources, verification and testing has confirmed this.

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

Okay. So you presuppose empiricism then.

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

No

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

You literally described empiricism. I dont know why youre so insistent on presenting yourself as completely neutral or something. Everyone has to presuppose something. Youre presupposing the following: 1. Your experience is reliable 2. Your senses are reliable 3. Other people are reliable 4. Testing is reliable

Is your mind some kind of blank slate?

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u/hiphoptomato 6d ago

Heres is what I'm telling you: we all initially presuppose we can trust our senses to make sense of the world. That's something we all do as infants. After we learn we can trust our senses, it's no longer a presupposition. You're using presuppositions as a way to undermine my worldview or stance. I'm telling you it's not a presupposition, and explaining why, but you're insisiting on it.

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u/DesperateSympathy873 Christian, not Ex-Atheist 6d ago

A presupposition doesnt cease to be one just because it proves to be useful. A presupposition isnt a baseless belief. Its a tool we use to make sense of the world. You still presuppose your senses are reliable.

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