RE: Back to Theism
March 28, 2009 at 10:54 am
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2009 at 10:59 am by Eilonnwy.)
(March 28, 2009 at 2:34 am)Edward Wrote: A fundamentalist Christian wouldn't say that. But really, I was just pretty disgusted with religion, and I thought I'd try on an atheist hat. It didn't fit.
Thus, as explained previously, you were never an atheist.
(March 28, 2009 at 2:34 am)Edward Wrote: The argument was not bullshit, it was circular. You know, you'd be amazed at the amount of words the English language has, Latin, too[/i].
So here, refute this one; we'll call it prima facie evidence for the existence of God: The universe displays intelligence; therefore, the universe is intelligent. An intelligent universe is what we call God.
http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presump...-question/
Read it, you just might learn something.
But here's the important bit just in case that was too much to read:
Quote:A circular argument fails as a proof because it will only be judged to be sound by those who already accept its conclusion.
There's also a non sequitur there at the end.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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