I am often brought up with the example of gumballs…

So not sure if this is quite the group for this…it goes more to a relationship between ontology and epistemology. Probably something more that Eric Hernandez would be maybe perhaps interested in reading. I have just posted it in the AXP (official) and am kinda curious the reception of it here with Christians as opposed to over there with primarily atheists.

I wanted to be able to explain the relationship of logic between ontological states and epistemological dispositions. If this isn’t that would be of interest in this group, I totally get it.

Thanks 🙂

[https://greatdebatecommunity.com/2020/04/19/gumballs-and-god-better-explained/](https://greatdebatecommunity.com/2020/04/19/gumballs-and-god-better-explained/)

I am often brought up with the example of gumballs during many discussions on epistemology. Often it seems that the person bringing up the example doesn’t quite understand their own analogy very we…

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7 comments

Steven Worthey says:

April 20, 2020 at 1:14 am

Makes perfect sense to me. I still can’t understand those who disagree with this.

Eric Hernandez says:

April 20, 2020 at 1:55 am

Don’t you bring that a-knowledge stuff over here buddy!! Jk. I look forward to sitting down and reading this later! I have no doubt itll be great and useful for others to read

Benjamin Rejiester says:

April 20, 2020 at 10:24 am

All analogies fail on some level. The gum ball analogy helps people understand that there is a difference between being unconvinced and being convinced of the opposite. But it doesn’t help with solidifying a definition of “atheist” to be used for a conversation. I myself prefer “atheist” for those that are unconvinced such as myself, and “anti-theist” for anyone who claims there are no gods. But I’ll use someone else’s definitions in a conversation rather than ask them to use mine.

Daniel Ho says:

April 20, 2020 at 12:31 pm

This is deeeeeeepppppp….

Joao Esteves Gemal says:

April 20, 2020 at 1:31 pm

That a human point of view and explanation, remembering that God is just, among other attributes,due to His nature, He is perfect.

Kevin Jeffery Whitfield says:

April 20, 2020 at 3:44 pm

I use this analogy frequently for people who assume I’m making an assertion about anything.
I’ve heard plenty of high-profile apologists completely fail to understand that non-belief (in anything) is not a position.

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