(November 18, 2016 at 10:53 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(November 18, 2016 at 10:39 am)FallentoReason Wrote: The issue you're having is that for some unknown reason you believe that producing *an* answer, any answer at all, will miraculously make the dilemma false. I've asked for you to justify how it can be neither, and to be fair, you actually did give a response. You keep saying it's because 'gods don't exist'. But see, that assertion is up for debate. The whole reason why there's volumes and volumes of literature on gods/no gods etc. is because we're all trying to find sound reasoning, either for or against the existence of god(s). And simply denying the dilemma 'because gods don't exist' is rather narrow-minded, uninteresting, biased. My equally boring reply to that would be, 'they exist, so you're refutation is wrong'. Now what?
My bold.
I thought you said that you know a false dichotomy is a dichotomy where the answer "neither" could be the case?
This is true.
Quote:The dilemma is false, remember, simply because "neither" can be given as an answer.
So can "squirrel" be given as an answer. Both of these won't fly until you justify. And we've already been through your justification, which fails, because 'gods don't exist' won't be taken seriously by anyone.
Quote: Do you know what a false dilemma is or not?
You're leagues behind. This isn't the point of contention.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle