(March 7, 2017 at 1:51 pm)SteveII Wrote: You don't want to discuss this.
I do, actually. It's just that there isn't much to discuss. It is flatly wrong.
(March 7, 2017 at 1:51 pm)SteveII Wrote: You want to lecture me on something you do not even understand.
You have no idea of my credentials. Do not assume. You will be wrong.
I fully understand the ontological arguments. I fully understand Plantinga's arguments. I can say with near absolute certainty that I have studied them in more depth than you have, and am more familiar with the terms and rules in play. That is why I can dismiss them so completely in so few sentences. I possess the knowledge necessary to do so.
All you have done, thus far, is to parrot them and assume that they will be taken at face value. You don't answer any actual objections. You simply accuse anyone who points out the fallacies contained in your posts of not understanding the subject matter, when, in fact, the exact opposite is true.
The arguments you present are fallacious, Steve. I'm sorry that you don't like it, but the facts don't change just because you don't like them.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
