RE: Why Atheism instead of agnosticism of some sort
November 5, 2010 at 5:03 am
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2010 at 5:18 am by LastPoet.)
(November 5, 2010 at 4:16 am)solja247 Wrote: Philosophically speaking, there had to be an uncaused cause. That cause is what people call 'God'. That, in my opinion, is a strong argument, not atheist has refuted.
Yeah, everything needs a cause except god, are you enumerating fallacies as you post? On this small phrase you conveyed two: a special pleading (everything needs a cause, that cause is god, but god didn't need a cause) and yet again an argument from ignorance (since you don't know the cause, therefore its god, avoiding other possible explanations).
@Ervin: Look at this this way, Theists make the claim that god exists, I refuse that, because theists have failed to meet the burden of proof. By the same logic you are using we are undecided regarding the tooth fairy. I don't believe there's a tooth fairy, but I can't prove with 100% sure it doesn't exist. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and 'god exists' is one such claim.
