(November 12, 2015 at 12:08 pm)Oceanian Wrote: So this is my first thread.
I've been having fun challenging christians on the internet in sites such as omegle, but I always come across christian arguments that are hard to answer, if I don't answer and remain silent, they would respond by saying: "Ha! See?", or feel a victory atleast.
This has been bothering for me a while and I'd like to ask for advice on how to answer them.
Arguments such as:
"How do you explain how you come from a rock?"
This is what is known as a 'straw man' fallacy. They are creating a ridiculous model of evolution or abiogenesis, then making fun of their ridiculous model.
NO scientists, or any theory, claims that we 'came from a rock'.
Quote:"What came before the big bang?"
This may actually be a nonsensical question. According to the evidence, time and space both came into being with the expansion of the universe. There was no time before the big bang.
Quote:"You can't proof the big bang occured!"
Science does not try to prove things. Science builds models, based on all the available evidence. There are mountains of evidence pointing to a big bang like event. There are other models, besides the big bang, which also fit the evidence. But the facts and observations don't change. And all the available observations point to a natural source for the existence of our universe.
Quote:"How do you proof god did not exist?"
As others have already said, the theist claiming a god exist has he burden of proof. There is no need to disprove their god.
Ask them, "how do you prove that Allah or Shiva, or any of the other 1000's of gods, do not exist?".
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You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
