RE: Why Anarcho-Capitalism Is a Canard and Its Implications for Atheism
January 18, 2017 at 9:57 pm
(January 18, 2017 at 9:54 pm)Jesster Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 9:48 pm)log Wrote: Did I say atheism requires private property? I thought I said atheism seems to have only that option. That's a claim based on my personal experience - y'all don't look like you have other options. As I said, I would welcome a counterexample, if you have one.
I'm not seeing the difference between those two statements. Fine, I will use your lingo because I couldn't care less. Why do you think the only option for atheists is private property? Is life without private property only possible with the belief in a god? This is a very odd claim.
And please stop asking for a counter-example. You carry the burden of proof when you make a claim. I am not even claiming the opposite. I am questioning your claim.
I have never seen atheists appeal to any other foundation for a social order other than private property.
When I ask for a counterexample, I am rebuffed.
The inference to the best explanation is that there is no other foundation that atheists can appeal to.
This is the same kind of argument as:
All the swans I have ever seen have been white.
Nobody has claimed to have seen a non-white swan.
The inference to the best explanation is that all swans are white.
As this is an inference to the best explanation based on the evidence I have before me, it is necessarily tentative and it can be overturned by a counterexample.
