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Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:24 am
- If cats exist, then Russell's teapot exists.
- Cats exist.
- Then, Russell's teapot exists.
The conclusion(3) follows logically and inescapably from the premises(1&2). Your move unbelievers!
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:25 am
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I can spot the failure in 1. What logic dictates that the teapot must exist just because the cat does? Seems like the tired and refutable argument involving the need for a creator.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:28 am
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Fails to satisfy condition in the premise. Your move, Heretic.
(lol, beaten to it......Gaaaaaaadget!)
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:30 am
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All glory to Russel's teapot!
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:32 am
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Prove to me that premise one is false! You can't. Also I have a cognitive faculty which self-authenticating nature is sufficient to warrant rational believe in the premise 1 even if you were to disprove it.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:36 am
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I have experienced the presence of Russell's teapot, and hold it to be properly basic just like my belief in other minds! Also, if the proposition that Russell's teapot exists is false, there's no reason that evolutionary processes should select for true belief! Plus there is astronomically improbable order in the Universe, and it requires a cause! That is clearly nothing else but Russell's teapot. And there are also the words of Russell contained in his sacred writings, and they have never been disproved.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:37 am
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No one has to, the premise cannot be relied upon to reach the conclusion arrived at. Clearly, Russels teapot exists, but not for the reasons stated...and I don't see why you need reason to authenticate the one true teapot.
...I find your lack of faith disturbing. You're clearly a deep cover POE trying to discredit the only position which can account for the existence of my gall bladder and green left handed widgets.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:42 am
(April 14, 2015 at 9:37 am)Rhythm Wrote: No one has to, the premise cannot be relied upon to reach the conclusion arrived at. Clearly, Russels teapot exists, but not for the reasons stated...and I don't see why you need reason to authenticate the one true teapot.
...I find your lack of faith disturbing. You're clearly a deep cover POE trying to discredit the only position which can account for the existence of my gall bladder and green left handed widgets.
At the end of the day, it's a matter of faith; therefore, my belief transcends reason and is justified by faith alone.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:43 am
(April 14, 2015 at 9:42 am)Pizz-atheist Wrote: my belief transcends reason.
Undermines reason, to be more precise.
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RE: Unbelievers, refute this argument!
April 14, 2015 at 9:51 am
(April 14, 2015 at 9:43 am)Sionnach Wrote: (April 14, 2015 at 9:42 am)Pizz-atheist Wrote: my belief transcends reason.
Undermines reason, to be more precise. Reason undermines reason. The only ground it leaves you to place a foot on is the lid of Russell's teapot.
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