I think youre overlooking one key factor. Sklanksy IS God
Im not sure youre getting what I mean about the 95%+ sure thing though.
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You can't be 100% sure of anything. I mean even things we take for granted like the structure of the atom, are we 95% sure of this ? Perhaps ? Doesn't mean it's 100% guaranteed to be the case though. Also the percentage of "sureness" a person has on a certain thing has no bearing on whether it is actually true, or not. .
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(The part in bold) so if someone DOES think they are 100% sure of the Jesus stuff, does this make them not very intelligent is what Sklansky is trying to say (not very well though). There are people out there that will 100% say and believe they are sure it is true. I think it is these types Sklansky is mainly having a pop at, not the ones who think it but accept its not definitely the case (like yourself possibly Alien?).
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I could quite easily take two people from completely different religious faiths who completely honestly profess to be 100% sure that their religious beliefs are true as they know this to be the case through experience etc etc.
Now they can't both be right. Perhaps one is right, the other wrong. Perhaps both are wrong. The fact they are 100% sure means nothing at all.
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Does it mean nothing though? The very fact that neither accept there could POSSIBLY be any other way is a bit limited thinking is it not? Its a bit arrogant saying they are 100%, just totally closed off to any other way. Would you not agree?
I think Sklanskys argument would be MUCH better if he made it 100% instead of 95% though. Cos 95% sure admits some chance of your belief not being the case which is reasonable thinking imo.