Belief is Insufficient
A common argument for asserting the veracity of religion is belief. "I just believe" is a common retort I hear when challenging the veracity of Judaism. I don't think this is sufficient justification Judaism's veracity. Basic Counter-Argument Assumptions Judaism's veracity is mutually exclusive to some set of other religions (further referred to as false religions) Any false religion has adherents that justify their religions veracity using belief Argument With the above assumptions, if: belief is sufficient to assert the veracity of a religion then both: Judaism is true as it has believers the false religions are true as they have believers In other words, if belief is sufficient, then mutually exclusive belief systems are concurrently true. This cannot be. Therefore, belief does not cause a religion to be true. I think this argument should remove belief from consideration when attempting to establish if a religion is rooted in truth. This argument should also...