(February 25, 2016 at 9:18 am)RobbyPants Wrote: I think I've figured out why the flood gets Christians worked up into such a tizzy. It's because it's one of their few claims that's actually 100% falsifiable (and guess what: it turns out to be false). We can actually evaluate their claims and prove them wrong, and saying "but I just have faith" makes them look even more crazy. I imagine this is why most Christians I know in person either say that this story didn't actually happen, or they are much quicker to invoke magic, instead of trying to keep this story all within the realm of science.
I don't think atheists typically view the theist position in the most predictive light.
Atheists continually argue about evidence supported positions claiming Truth.
It isn't about Truth at all.
It's the shared crazy that makes it all work, the crazier, the better.
It welds together the stupid and ignorant in a structure of power and control that they cannot achieve individually.
The strength and stability of that structure is what counts.
All the theist need do is put their hands on their hips, jut out their lower lips and assert, "It is too true!"
They can't be stopped at this, argument cannot rebut their position, only derision will serve.
Smarter theists abandon science relatively early. By doing so the laughter can be delayed.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
