RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
November 24, 2016 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2016 at 2:48 pm by Cyberman.)
I even took the trouble to unpack all the in-quote responses. Please don't do that again.
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
Non-sequitur; and no valid objection raised to the argument, therefore argumemt not shown to be flawed, therefore still stands.
Great; you're starting to get it.
(November 24, 2016 at 2:34 pm)The Joker Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: Here's another logical argument which cannot therefore be wrong based on one's private feelings (as opposed to public ones, I suppose?):
1 All elephants are pink
2 Nellie is an elephant
3 Therefore Nellie is pink
(Argument is flawed there are no pink elephants, haven't seen a real pink elephant on media, zoo.)
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
(November 24, 2016 at 2:34 pm)The Joker Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: Here's another one:
1 Something must be done
2 Here is something
3 Therefore we must do it
(Argument is flawed as we don't know what that "something" and therefore how can we do it?)
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
(November 24, 2016 at 2:34 pm)The Joker Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: And another:
1 God is the most powerful entity in every reality
(True)
(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: 2 The greatest power is to be able to act while not existing
(Act what? And how not existing?)
Irrelevant - argument from ignorance is not a refutation.
(November 24, 2016 at 2:34 pm)The Joker Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: 3 Therefore God doesn't exist
(Argument is flawed, therefore God does exist.)
Non-sequitur; and no valid objection raised to the argument, therefore argumemt not shown to be flawed, therefore still stands.
(November 24, 2016 at 2:34 pm)The Joker Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 9:29 am)Stimbo Wrote: Remember, one's personal feelings cannot refute any of these.
(True, but logic can)
Great; you're starting to get it.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'