(November 28, 2010 at 9:47 pm)Arcanus Wrote: NOTE: All my critical responses assume the God of Christianity; even if this is the only God that withstands all arguments for atheism, no conclusions for the non-existence of deity can succeed (as confuted by at least this God).
(November 23, 2010 at 2:30 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: 1. There is no evidence for a deity.
2. There is no compelling argument for the existence of a deity.
3. Therefore, no deity exists.
Argumentum ad ignorantiam. The lack of evidence or compelling argument for P does not establish a conclusion for ¬P. (See my discussion with Eilonnwy about pink unicorns and invisible dragons in the Religion thread "Faith?": Eilonnwy, Msg. 22; Arcanus, Msg. 57; Eilonnwy, Msg. 58; Arcanus, Msg. 61; Eilonnwy, Msg. 62; Arcanus, Msg. 63; Eilonnwy, Msg. 64; Arcanus, Msg. 65; Eilonnwy, Msg. 66; Arcanus, Msg. 67; Eilonnwy, Msg. 75).
It is so unlikely that there is such a thing as a god that the idea can be dismissed, especially as the notion is unsupported by anything like reasonable evidence.
If there is some evidence that does not depend on anecdotal reports then I'll look at it.
Until then.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
