(June 20, 2011 at 11:42 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I'd like to make a few points about an argument I've seen made surprisingly frequently by many theists on this forum. It goes like this:They're not addressing ontological claims from the standpoint of absolute certainty, which is a red herring in any case, the proposition you’ve presented is a classic argument from ignorance and nothing more.
P) You cannot prove God doesn't exist.
C)Therefore God exists.
While, at first glance, the proposition may appear to be valid, further inspection shows that the argument is deeply flawed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
