Matt Dillahunty v. Sye Ten Bruggencate

[Esquilax]

The quote mining was a bit weird.

Yeah, you don't usually see someone bring in a strawman that they'd prepared earlier with forethought and planning. It's just bizarre.

If I had been participating in that debate, my sole point would have been that you don't get to a proof of something by just shooting holes in an alternative view. Sye's entire argument only functions if you allow the conversation to continue under the premise that proving one thing wrong makes the other thing true, which is not only an argument from ignorance, it's also a false dichotomy, and not one that you need to sink to. Sye could speak for the rest of the time, since his argument doesn't allow for evidence or anything that might demonstrate his claim to be true, and so winning a debate on the topic at hand doesn't require a word from the atheist side.

Keep sniping, Sye. It won't change the fact that only one of us is actually in a boat, and that a sinking ship is superior to no ship at all.