(June 3, 2011 at 5:42 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: He is also telling us that no matter how infinitely small the probability of a God existing is, we should keep an open mind about it, and are unenlightened if we don't.
He also argued that because we don't have absolute knowledge/ 100% certainty of anything that we can't lack belief in it without faith. We can't be 100% certain of anything, which by his argument we can't believe or lack belief in ANYTHING without faith. This is a hugely fallacious argument. What makes it worse is that he argues that god is different simply because a lot of people believe in such a being(special pleading). He defends this point with an argument ad populum which in itself is a fallacious argument.
Quote:Nine out of ten of my constituents oppose the bill, therefore it is a bad idea.
Nine out of ten of my fellow congressmen favor the bill, therefore it is a good idea.
So yeah, his entire argument is so weak and fallacious, it cannot possibly stand.
His entire argument is fallacious that stands on other fallacious arguments. This all equals = FAIL!
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
